Roman Catholic Diocese of Padua

Roman Catholic Diocese of Padua
Diocese of Padua
Dioecesis Patavina
Location
Country Italy
Statistics
Area 3,297 km2 (1,273 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
1,039,117
1,027,662 (98.9%)
Information
Rite Roman
Cathedral Cathedral of Padua
Current leadership
Bishop Antonio Mattiazzo

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Padua (Italian: Diocesi di Padova Latin: Dioecesis Patavina) is a see of the Catholic Church in the Veneto, northern Italy. It was erected in the 3rd century, and is a suffragan of the Patriarchate of Venice. The current Bishop of Padova is Antonio Mattiazzo.

Cathedral-Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta (Padua)

The diocese's motherchurch and thus seat of its bishop is the Cathedral-Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta. The diocese also contains the somewhat grander Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua.

Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua (Padua)

Contents

Territory

The Diocese of Padua covers the most part of the Province of Padua, out of a main part of the higher plain; instead it includes areas from the surrounding provinces of Vicenza (Altopiano di Asiago, Mount Grappa), Venice (Riviera del Brenta), Treviso (Valdobbiadene) and Belluno.

List of bishops of Padua

  • Bishop William (?)
  • Bishop Aistolfo (? – 1031?)[1]
  • Bishop Burcardo (1045)[1]
  • Bishop Arnaldo (1046 – 1048)[1]
  • Bernardo Maltraverso(1048 – 1059)[1]
  • Bishop Waltolff (1060 – 1064)[1]
  • Bishop Olderico (1064 – 1080)[1]
  • Bishop Milone (1084 – 1095)[1]
  • Bishop Pietro (1096 – 1106)[1]
  • Bishop Sinibaldo (1106 – 1125)[1]
  • Bellino Bertaldo (1128-1147)[1]
  • Giovanni Cacio (1148 – 1165)[1]
  • Gerardo Offreducci da Marostica (1165 – 1213)[1]
  • Bishop Giordano (1214 – 1228)[1]
  • Giacomo Corrado (1229 – 1239)[1]
  • Sigebaldo Caballazio (1243 – 1249)[1]
  • Giovanni Forzatè (1251 – 1283)[1]
  • Bernardo Platon (1287 – 1295)[1]
  • Giovanni Savelli (1295 – 1299)[1]
  • Ottobono di Razzi (1299 – 1302)[1]
  • Pagano della Torre (1302 – 1319)[1]
  • Ildebrandino Conti (1319 – 1352)[1]
  • Giovanni Orsini (1353 – 1359)[1]
  • Pietro Pileo di Prata(1359 – 1370)[1]
  • Giovanni Piacentini (1370 – 1371)[1]
  • Elia Beaufort (1371 – 1373)[1]
  • Bishop Raimondo (1374 – 1386)[1]
  • Giovanni Enselmini (1388 – 1392)[1]
  • Ugo Roberti (1392 – 1396)[1]
  • Stefano da Carrara (1396 – 1405)[1]
  • Alberto Micheli (1405 – 1409)[1]
  • Pietro Marcello (1409 – 1428)[1]
  • Pietro Donato (1428 – 1447)[1]
  • Fantino Dandolo (1448 – 1459)[1]
  • Pietro Barbo (1459 – 1460)[1]
  • Jacopo Zeno (1460 – 1481)[1]
  • Pietro Foscari (1481 – 1485)[1]
  • Hieronymus Lando (1485 - 1487)[2]
  • Pietro Barozzi (1487 – 1507)[1]
  • Sisto Gara della Rovere (1509 – 1517)[1]
  • Marco Cornaro (1517 – 1524)[1]
  • Francesco Pisani (1524-1555)[1]
  • Luigi Pisani (1555 – 1570)[1]
  • Nicolò Ormanetto (1570 – 1577)[1]
  • Federico Cornaro (1577 – 1590)[1]
  • Alvise Corner (1590 – 1594)[1]
  • Marco Corner (1594 – 1625)[1]
  • Pietro Valier (1625 – 1629)[1]
  • Federico Baldissera Bartolomeo Cornaro (1629 – 1631)[1]
  • Luca Stella (1632 – 1641)[1]
  • Giorgio Corner (1643 – 1663)[1]
  • St. Gregory Barbarigo (1664-1697)[1]
  • Giorgio Cornaro (1697 – 1722)[1]
  • Giovanni Francesco Barbarigo (1723 – 1730)[1]
  • Carlo Rezzonico (1743-1758)[1]
  • Sante Veronese (1758-1767)[1]
  • Antonio Priuli (1767-1772)[1]
  • Nicolò Antonio Giustinian (1772 – 1796)[1]
  • Francesco Dondi Orologio (1807-1819)[1]
  • Modesto Farina (1821 – 1856)[1]
  • Federico Manfredini (1857 – 1882)[1]
  • Giuseppe Callegari (1882-1906)[1]
  • Luigi Pellizzo (1906-1923)[1]
  • Elia Dalla Costa (1923-1931)[1]
  • Carlo Agostini (1932-1949)[1]
  • Girolamo Bortignon, OFM Cap (1949-1982)[1]
  • Filippo Franceschi (1982-1988)[1][3]
  • Antonio Mattiazzo (1989-present)[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn ""Diocese of Padova"". http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/pado0.htm. Retrieved 2010-04-13. 
  2. ^ Corner, Flaminio (1755). Creta sacra sive de episcopis utriusque ritus graeci et latini in insula Cretae. Vol. II. Venice: Jo. Battista Pasquale. p. 89. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5cc-AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA89. 
  3. ^ Mons Filippo Franceschi di Brandeglio

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