The Roman Catholic Diocese of Padua ( it, Diocesi di Padova; la, Dioecesis Patavina) is an
episcopal see
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Phrases concerning actions occurring within or outside an episcopal see are indicative of the geographical significance of the term, mak ...
of the
Catholic Church
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in
Veneto
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Veneto was part of the Roman Empire unt ...
,
northern Italy
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. It was erected in the 3rd century.
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''Catholic-Hierarchy.org
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016.["Diocese of Padova"]
''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016. The diocese of Padua was originally a suffragan (subordinate) of the Patriarchate of Aquileia. When the Patriarchate was suppressed permanently in 1752, it became a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Udine. In 1818, when the dioceses of northern Italy were reorganized by
Pope Pius VII
Pope Pius VII ( it, Pio VII; born Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti; 14 August 1742 – 20 August 1823), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 14 March 1800 to his death in August 1823. Chiaramonti was also a m ...
, it became a
suffragan
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In the Anglican Communion, a suffragan bishop is a bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdictiona ...
of the
Patriarchate of Venice
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, and remains so today.
The current bishop is
Claudio Cipolla
Claudio Cipolla (born 11 February 1955, in Goito) is an Italian bishop of the Catholic Church. He has been Bishop of Padua since 18 October 2015.
Biography
Cipolla was ordained priest in the Diocese of Mantua on 24 May 1980.
When he was appoi ...
.
The seat of the bishop of Padua is in the
Cathedral-Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta. The diocese also contains the
Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua
The Pontifical Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua ( it, Basilica Pontificia di Sant'Antonio di Padova) is a Catholic church and minor basilica in Padua, Veneto, Northern Italy, dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua.
Although the basilica is visi ...
and the
Basilica of Santa Giustina.
Territory
The Diocese of Padua covers the most part of the
Province of Padua
The Province of Padua (''Provincia di Padova'') is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Padua.
Geography
It has an area of 2,142 km2, and a total population of 936,492 (2016) making it the most populated pr ...
, out of a main part of the higher plain. It also includes areas from the surrounding provinces of
Vicenza
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Vicenza is a th ...
(
Thiene
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The city has an active and lively industrial sector, composed mainly of small to medium-sized comp ...
,
Asiago
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and Plateau of the
Sette Comuni
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,
Monte Grappa
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, southern
Valsugana
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),
Venice
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(
Riviera del Brenta
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),
Treviso
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(
Valdobbiadene
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Valdobbiadene is a wine growing area. Just below the Alpine-Dolomite areas of Veneto, it provides a climate for a cool variety of grape (Glera).
The Conegliano Valdobbiadene ar ...
) and
Belluno
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(
Quero).
History
In a manuscript of the 14th century, containing a list of the bishops of Padua, the statement is made that Prosdocimus, a disciple of S. Peter the Apostle, was sent to Pavia in 42, and that he died in the reign of Antoninus Pius (138–160). He baptized Vitalianus, the king of
Padua
Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...
, his wife, and the whole people of Padua (Padua was actually a ''municipium'' under the ''
Lex Julia Municipalis''). During his episcopate, Duke Andrea Dandolo of Venice came to Padua. Justina (Giustina), the daughter of Vitalianus was driven out and killed. All this information, as Francesco Lanzoni points out, derives from the hagiographical fiction, the "Life of S. Prosdocimus", which is not older than the 12th century. Of his thirty successors in the episcopal list, only two have any external documentation at all, and those two are given in the wrong order in the list. The legendary
Fidentius Armenus
Fidentius Armenus ( it, Fidenzio Armeno), also called Fidentius of Padua (Italian: ''Fidenzio di Padova''), was a saint whose cultus was kept at Padua in the Middle Ages. His feast day is on 16 November. Nothing is known about him. He is traditio ...
, supposed third bishop, was venerated as a martyr.
In 1148, following the murder of Bishop Bellino, the Abbot of S. Giustina for the first time joined the Chapter in the election of bishops. Perhaps also the Primicerius of the Parocchi was given the same privilege. They elected Giovanni Caccio, who was confirmed by the Patriarch of Aquileia, and was in office by 29 July 1148.
Troubled election of 1283
Following the death of Bishop Joannes Forzate on 4 June 1283, the Canons attempted to gather for an electoral meeting. Trouble began when the Primicerius complained about his right to take part in the election along with the Archpriest and the Canons, and that he had not been summoned to the meeting. On 24 July 1283, he announced his intention to appeal to the pope. Several days later, the Canons assembled again and elected Prosavio, who was then Bishop of Treviso. But he refused the election. On 1 August 1283, another meeting took place with the Archpriest Bovetinus presiding. Five of the Canons voted for Canon Prencevalle di Bonifaccio Conti (Percevalle), while the other five voted for Giovanni dagli Abbati. Five other electors made no nomination. Those who had voted for Giovanni dagli Abbati declared him elected and sought his consent, which was given; they prepared a certificate of election which was to be given to the Patriarch of Aquileia for his approval and canonical institution. Giovanni dagli Abbati requested time to consider his response. The supporters of Prencevalle did the same, and the conflict ended up in the court of the Patriarch, where it was heard in March 1284.
Cardinal
Latinus Frangipani Malabranca, the Bishop of Ostia and nephew of
Pope Nicholas III
Pope Nicholas III ( la, Nicolaus III; c. 1225 – 22 August 1280), born Giovanni Gaetano Orsini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 25 November 1277 to his death on 22 August 1280.
He was a Roman nobleman who ...
(1277–1280), who was papal Legate in the Romandiola, declared that Giovanni dagli Abbati had no right to be considered for election, based on information provided to the effect that Giovanni was a simoniac, living in concubinage, and was a source of scandal.
The Patriarch was prepared to rule in favor of Giovanni, who by that time had two-thirds of the electors on his side, but heavy pressure was applied by the family and friends of Prencevalle, and the Patriarch therefore quashed the entire election. He then, on his own initiative as Metropolitan, provided (appointed) a new bishop, who was Prencevalle, despite the fact that Prencevalle was only in minor orders and required a papal dispensation to be elected bishop. The entire affair was appealed to the Holy See. Despite the appeal, the Patriarch went ahead and consecrated Prencevalle and had him installed as Bishop of Padua.
On 1 July 1286, Pope Honorius IV issued a mandate to the Bishop of Castello, Bartolomeo Quirini, to suspend Prencevalle from the spiritual and temporal administration of the diocese of Padua, and to confiscate all the fruits and other income which he had received from the time of his provision in March 1284. Quirini was ordered to cite Prencevalle to appear at the papal court within six weeks. The Pope appointed Apostolic Administrators for the diocese of Padua, the Archpriest and Canon Andrea Gausoni. Prencevalle failed to appear before the pope, and therefore the Bishop of Castello proceeded against him. Eventually Prencevalle submitted his resignation.
On 4 March 1287, Pope Honorius IV appointed Bernardus, a canon of Agde (France) and an auditor causarum (judge) in the papal court, as the new bishop of Padua.
Pileo di Prato
Bishop Pietro Pileo di Prato of the diocese of Treviso was appointed
bishop of Padua
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Padua ( it, Diocesi di Padova; la, Dioecesis Patavina) is an episcopal see of the Catholic Church in Veneto, northern Italy. It was erected in the 3rd century.[Pope Innocent VI
Pope Innocent VI ( la, Innocentius VI; 1282 or 1295 – 12 September 1362), born Étienne Aubert, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 18 December 1352 to his death in September 1362. He was the fifth Avignon pope a ...]
on 12 June 1359. As bishop, he summoned and presided over a diocesan synod on 8 March 1360. At exactly the same time he was involved in his capacity as Grand Chancellor of the University of Padua, in mediating a dispute between the Law Faculty and the Arts Faculty, as to whether there should be one university or two. On 20 March 1360, he issued his decision, that there should be two institutions, but that the Rector of the Arts should swear to obey the statutes of the Law Faculty. In 1361, he modified the statutes of the cathedral Chapter, allowing younger Canons who were studying at the University to do so without penalty for their absence from their cathedra duties. Bishop Pileo also obtained from Pope Urban V a chair in theology for the University of Padua, only the third such chair to be established, after Paris and Bologna. In 1394, he founded the Collegio Pratense in Padua, for the benefit of scholars studying at the University of Padua, and provided for the institution in his Testament of 1399.
In 1348, Padua, like most large cities in Italy, was attacked by the Bubonic Plague. A Paduan chronicler reports that scarcely one-third of the population survived the onslaught. In 1382, another major visitation of the plague took place. It began apparently in Friuli, then spread to Belluno, Feltre, Treviso and Venice (where 20,000 people died between May and November 1382). Finally Padua and the Romandiola suffered. All of the monks in S. Maria dell' Alto in Monselice died.
In 1594, the Chapter of the cathedral of the Assumption was composed of four dignities and twenty-two Canons.
Reorganization
In 1751, pressured both by Austria and Venice, who were exasperated by the numerous discords in the patriarchate of Aquileia,
Pope Benedict XIV
Pope Benedict XIV ( la, Benedictus XIV; it, Benedetto XIV; 31 March 1675 – 3 May 1758), born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 17 August 1740 to his death in May 1758.Antipope ...
was compelled to intervene in the ecclesiastical and political disturbances. In the bull "Injuncta Nobis" of 6 July 1751, the patriarchate of Aquileia was completely suppressed, and in its place the Pope created two separate archdioceses, Udine and Goritza. The dioceses which had been suffragans of Aquileia and were under Venetian political control, Padua among them, were assigned to the new archdiocese of Udine.
Post-Napoleonic reorganization
The violent expansionist military policies of the French Revolutionary Republic had brought confusion and dislocation to the Po Valley. Following the redistribution of European territories at the
Congress of Vienna
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, the Papacy faced the difficult task of restoring and restructuring the Church in various territories, according to the wishes of their rulers. Padua and Venice were under the control of Austria, and therefore a Concordat had to be negotiated with the government of the Emperor Francis. One of the requirements of the Austrian government was the elimination of several metropolitanates and the suppression of a number of bishoprics which were no longer viable due to the bad climate (malaria and cholera) and the impoverishment of the dioceses due to migration and industrialization; it was expected that this would be done to the benefit of the Patriarchate of Venice.
Pope Pius VII
Pope Pius VII ( it, Pio VII; born Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti; 14 August 1742 – 20 August 1823), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 14 March 1800 to his death in August 1823. Chiaramonti was also a m ...
, therefore, issued the bull "De Salute Dominici Gregis" on 1 May 1818, embodying the conclusions of arduous negotiations. The metropolitan archbishopric of Udine was abolished and its bishop made suffragan to Venice. The dioceses of Caprularum (Caorle) and Torcella were suppressed and their territories assigned to the Patriarchate of Venice; Belluno and Feltre were united under a single bishop, ''aeque personaliter'', and assigned to Venice; Padua and Verona became suffragans of Venice.
Diocesan synods
A diocesan synod was an irregularly held, but important, meeting of the bishop of a diocese and his clergy. Its purpose was (1) to proclaim generally the various decrees already issued by the bishop; (2) to discuss and ratify measures on which the bishop chose to consult with his clergy; (3) to publish statutes and decrees of the diocesan synod, of the provincial synod, and of the Holy See.
[ John Paul II, Constitutio Apostolica ''de Synodis Dioecesanis Agendis'' (March 19, 1997)]
''Acta Apostolicae Sedis'' 89
(1997), pp. 706-727.
Bishop Giovanni Savelli (1295–1299) held a diocesan synod in 1296, fragments of whose constitutions were published by Francesco Scipione Dondi dall' Orologio. Bishop Ildebrandino Conti (1319–1352) held a diocesan synod in 1339. Bishop Pietro Pileo di Prata (1359–1370) presided over a synod in 1360.
On 3 June 1433, Bishop Pietro Donato (1428–1447) held a diocesan synod, the constitutions of which were published by Bishop Dondi. Bishop Fantino Dandolo (1448–1459) presided over a diocesan synod in 1457. Another synod was held by Bishop Pietro Barozzi (1487–1507) in 1488.
A diocesan synod was held in 1579 by Bishop Federico Cornaro (1577–1590). Bishop Marco Antonio Cornaro (1632–1639) presided over his seventh diocesan synod in Pavia on 17 and 18 April 1624, and had the decrees published. A diocesan synod was held by Bishop Giorgio Cornaro (bishop of Padua) (1643–1663) on 20–22 August 1647. Bishop Gregory Barbarigo (1664–1697) held a synod in 1683.
Bishops of Padua
to 1200
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*Crispinus (attested 342–346)
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*Bergullus (attested 571–577)
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*Dominicus (attested 827)
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*Rorigus (attested 855)
[On 8 February 855, the Emperor Louis confirmed the privileges of the Church of Padua for Bishop Rorigus. ]
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*Petrus (attested 897)
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*Sibico (attested 927)
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*Adalbertus (attested 942)
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*Gauslinus (Causilinus) (attested 964–977)
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*Urso (Ursus) (attested 998–1027)
*Aistulfus (attested 1031)
*Burchardus (Burhardus) (attested 1034–1040)
*Arnaldus (attested 1046–1047)
*
Bernardus Maltraversus (attested 1048–1058)
*Waltolf (1060–1064)
*Oldericus (1064–1080)
*Milo (1084–1095)
*Petrus (1096–1106)
*Sinibaldus (1106–1125)
*
Bellinus (1128–1147)
*Giovanni (Kazo) (1148–1164)
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Gerardo Offreducci da Marostica (1165–1213)
1200 to 1500
*Giordano (1214–1228)
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Giacomo Corrado (1229–1239)
[.]
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Sigebaldo Caballazio (1243–1249)
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Giovanni Forzatè (1251–1283)
*
rencevalle (1284–1287)''Intrusus''
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Bernardo Platon (1287–1295)
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Giovanni Savelli, O.P. (1295–1299)
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Ottobono di Razzi (1299–1302)
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Pagano della Torre
Pagano della Torre (died 30 July 1365) was Patriarch of Aquileia from 1319 until 1332. Another with the same name, Pagano I della Torre, was a Guelph military leader and lord of the Valchiavenna during the first half of the 13th century (died 12 ...
(1302–1319)
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Ildebrandino Conti
''Ildebrandino Conti'' was an Italian churchman and a member of the noble Roman family Conti.
Ildebrandino Conti was made bishop of Padua in 1319, by Pope John XXII, but he left the administration of the diocese to a vicar, staying in Avignon ...
(1319–1352)
*Giovanni Orsini (1353–1359)
*
Pietro Pileo di Prata
Pietro Pileo di Prata (or da Prata) (c.1330–1400) was an Italian bishop and Cardinal. He was a significant diplomat and go-between in the affairs of his times, and was nicknamed the "cardinal with three hats", which he obtained successivel ...
(1359–1370)
*
Giovanni Piacentini (1370–1371)
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Elia Beaufort (1371–1373)
*Raimondo (1374–1386)
:''Sede vacante'' (1386–1388)
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Giovanni Anselmini (1388–1392)
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Ugo Roberti (1392–1396)
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Stefano da Carrara (1396–1405) ''Administrator''
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Alberto Micheli (1406–1409)
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Pietro Marcello
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(1409–1428)
*
Pietro Donato
Pietro Donato (1380–1447) was a Republic of Venice, Venetian Renaissance humanist and the Bishop of Padua (from 1428). He was a noted bibliophile, epigraphist, collector, and patron of art.
Born to a Patricianship, patrician family, Pietr ...
(1428–1447)
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Fantino Dandolo (1448–1459)
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Pietro Barbo
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from 30 August 1464 to his death in July 1471. When his maternal uncle Eugene IV ...
(1459–1460)
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Jacopo Zeno (1460–1481)
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Pietro Foscari
Pietro Foscari (died 1485) (called the Cardinal of Venice) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal.
Biography
Pietro Foscari was born in Venice ca. 1417. He was the nephew of Francesco Foscari, Doge of Venice.
Early in his career he became Abbot ...
(1481–1485) ''Administrator''
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Hieronymus Lando (1485–1487)
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Pietro Barozzi
Pietro Barozzi (1441 - 1507) was an Italian Catholic and humanist bishop.
Biography
Son of the senator Ludovico, began to study Latin and Greek letters with his companions Pietro Delfino and Leonardo Loredan, all pupils of the master Pierle ...
(1487–1507)
1500 to 1800
*Cardinal
Sisto Gara della Rovere
Sisto Gara della Rovere, also known as Sisto Franciotti della Rovere, (1473 – 8 March 1517) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
Biography
Sisto Gara della Rovere was born in Savona in 1473, the son of Gabriele Gara and Luchina ...
(1509–1517)
*
Cardinal Marco Cornaro (1517–1524)
*Cardinal
Francesco Pisani
Francesco Pisani (1494 – 28 June 1570) was an Italian Cardinal, born in Venice, the son of Alvise Pisani the noted banker, who was Procurator of S. Mark's, a member of the Council of Ten, and a Councilor of the Doge of Venice; and Cecilia Giust ...
(1524–1555)
*Cardinal
Luigi Pisani
Luigi Pisani (1522 – 3 June 1570) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.
Biography
Luigi (Alvise) Pisani was born in Venice in 1522, the son of Giovanni Pisani, future Ambassador of the Republic of Venice to the Kingdom of Franc ...
(1555–1570)
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Nicolò Ormanetto
Nicolò Ormanetto (died 18 June 1577) was an Italian clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Padua. Ormanetto was born in Verona
Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Italy, with 258,031 inh ...
(1570–1577)
*Cardinal
Federico Cornaro (1577–1590)
*
Alvise Corner (1590–1594)
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Marco Cornaro
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(1594–1625).
[Gauchat, page 275.]
*Cardinal
Pietro Valier
Pietro is an Italian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
People
* Pietro I Candiano (c. 842–887), briefly the 16th Doge of Venice
* Pietro Tribuno (died 912), 17th Doge of Venice, from 887 to his death
* Pietro II Can ...
(1625–1629)
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Federico Baldissera Bartolomeo Cornaro
Painting of Cardinal Cornaro by Bernardo Strozzi (c. 1640)
Coat of arms of Cardinal Federico Baldissera Bartolomeo Corner
Federico Baldissera Bartolomeo Cornaro (16 November 1579 – 5 June 1653) was an Italian Catholic Cardinal and Patriarch of ...
(1629–1631)
*
Marco Antonio Cornaro (Marcantonio Corner) (1632–1639)
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Luca Stella (1639–1641)
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Giorgio Cornaro (1643–1663)
*
Gregory Barbarigo (1664–1697)
*
Cardinal Giorgio Cornaro (1697–1722)
*
Giovanni Francesco Barbarigo (1723–1730)
*
Giovanni Minotto Ottoboni (1730–1742)
*Cardinal
Carlo Rezzonico (1743–1758)
*Cardinal
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Given name:
* Sante Bentivoglio (1426–1462), Italian nobleman
*Sante Geronimo Caserio (1873–1894), Italian anarchist and assassin
*Sante Cattaneo ...
(1758–1767)
*Cardinal
Antonio Maria Priuli (1767–1772)
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Nicolò Antonio Giustinian, O.S.B. Casin. (1772–1796)
since 1800
:''Sede vacante'' (1796–1807)
*
Francesco Dondi dall'Orologio (1807–1819)
*
Modesto Farina (1821–1856)
*
Federico Manfredini (1857–1882)
*
Giuseppe Callegari (1882–1906)
*
Luigi Pellizzo (1906–1923)
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Elia Dalla Costa
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(1923–1931)
*
Carlo Agostini
Carlo Agostini (22 April 1888 – 28 December 1952) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Patriarch of Venice from 1949 until his death, and died shortly after the announcement for his elevation to the cardinalate in ...
(1932–1949)
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Girolamo Bortignon
Girolamo Bartolomeo Bortignon, OFM Cap (31 March 1905 – 12 March 1992) was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, serving as Bishop of Padua from 1949 to 1982.
Biography
Born in Romano d'Ezzelino, he was ordained as a Capuchin p ...
,
OFM Cap
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(1949–1982)
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Filippo Franceschi (1982–1988)
*
Antonio Mattiazzo (1989–2015)
*
Claudio Cipolla
Claudio Cipolla (born 11 February 1955, in Goito) is an Italian bishop of the Catholic Church. He has been Bishop of Padua since 18 October 2015.
Biography
Cipolla was ordained priest in the Diocese of Mantua on 24 May 1980.
When he was appoi ...
(2015–present)
[CV of Bishop Cipolla: Chiesa di Padova]
"S. E. Mons. Claudio Cipolla vescovo di Padova;"
retrieved: 24 August 2020.
References
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Studies
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*Kehr, Paul Fridolin (1923). ''Italia Pontificia'
Vol. VII:l Venetiae et Histria, Pars I: Provincia Aquileiensis Berlin: Weidmann, pp. 153–189. (in Latin).
*Lanzoni, Francesco (1927).
Le diocesi d'Italia dalle origini al principio del secolo VII (an. 604)'. Faenza: F. Lega, pp. 911–917.
*Schwartz, Gerhard (1907)
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*Chow, Gregory
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Roman Catholic dioceses in Veneto
Dioceses established in the 3rd century
Diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...
Diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...