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Diocese of Chioggia, Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น

Celebrations

History

  • 1106: Established as Diocese of Chioggia / Clodien(sis) (Latin) (from the suppressed Diocese of Malamocco and became suffragan of Grado)
  • 1451.10.08: Became suffragan of Venezia
  • 1919: Lost territory to Patriarchal See of Venezia

Contact Info

Address: Rione Duomo 1006, 30015 Chioggia, Italy

Phone: 041 400513

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Chioggia (Roman Rite)

Bishop Giampaolo Dianin (62)Bishop Giampaolo Dianin (62)
(2021.11.03 โ€“ ...)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy)

Sicut et Christus dilexit Ecclesiam

Born:1962.10.29 (Teolo, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1987.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:2022.01.16

Priest of Padova (Italy) (1987.06.07 โ€“ 2021.11.03)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (2021.11.03 โ€“ ...)

Bishop Adriano Tessarollo (78)Bishop Adriano Tessarollo (78)
(2009.03.28 โ€“ 2021.11.03)

Bishop emeritus of Chioggia (Italy)

In verbo tuo

Born:1946.05.02 (Teolo, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1971.06.06
Consecrated Bishop:2009.06.07

Priest of Vicenza (Italy) (1971.06.06 โ€“ 2009.03.28)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (2009.03.28 โ€“ 2021.11.03)

Bishop Angelo Daniel (91)Bishop Angelo Daniel (91)
(1997.11.27 โ€“ 2009.01.10)

Bishop emeritus of Chioggia (Italy)

Born:1933.10.12 (Montebelluna, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1956.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:1997.12.13

Priest of Treviso (Italy) (1956.06.24 โ€“ 1997.11.27)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1997.11.27 โ€“ 2009.01.10)

Bishop Alfredo Magarotto
(1990.02.22 โ€“ 1997.05.31)

Crescamus in Christum per omnia

Born:1927.02.16 (Pernumia, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1950.07.09
Consecrated Bishop:1990.03.24
Died:2021.01.22 (Padova, Italy โ€  93)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1990.02.22 โ€“ 1997.05.31)

Bishop of Vittorio Veneto (Italy) (1997.05.31 โ€“ 2003.12.03)

Bishop Sennen Corrร 
(1976.05.01 โ€“ 1989.07.19)

Born:1924.12.22 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1947.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1976.06.06
Died:2005.04.25 (โ€  80)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1976.05.01 โ€“ 1989.07.19)

Bishop of Concordiaโ€“Pordenone (Italy) (1989.07.19 โ€“ 2000.09.16)

Bishop Giovanni Battista Piasentini
(1952.01.31 โ€“ 1976.05.01)

Born:1899.07.31 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1924.06.22
Consecrated Bishop:1946.03.19
Died:1987.08.31 (โ€  88)

Bishop of Anagni (Italy) (1946.02.18 โ€“ 1952.01.31)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1952.01.31 โ€“ 1976.05.01)

Bishop Giacinto Giovanni Ambrosi, O.F.M. Cap. (later Archbishop)
(1937.12.13 โ€“ 1951.11.28)

Born:1887.01.29 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1909.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:1938.02.02
Died:1965.09.26 (โ€  78)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1937.12.13 โ€“ 1951.11.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca (Italy) (1951.11.28 โ€“ 1962.03.19)

Titular Archbishop of Anchialus (1962.03.19 โ€“ 1965.09.26)

Bishop Domenico Mezzadri
(1920.07.02 โ€“ 1936.12.08)

Born:1867.01.30 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1889.08.11
Consecrated Bishop:1920.08.22
Died:1936.12.08 (โ€  69)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1920.07.02 โ€“ 1936.12.08)

Bishop Antonio Bassani
(1908.11.21 โ€“ 1918.10.01)

Born:1853.08.16 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1876.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:1905.05.30
Died:1925.10.18 (โ€  72)

Titular Bishop of Delcus (1905.01.22 โ€“ 1908.11.21)

Coadjutor Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1905.01.22 โ€“ 1908.11.21)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1908.11.21 โ€“ 1918.10.01)

Titular Bishop of Troas (1918.10.01 โ€“ 1925.10.18)

Bishop Ludovico Marangoni, O.F.M. Conv.
(1877.09.21 โ€“ 1908.11.21)

Bishop Domenico Agostini (later Cardinal)
(1871.10.27 โ€“ 1877.06.22)

Born:1825.05.31 (Treviso, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1851.01.26
Consecrated Bishop:1871.12.17
Created Cardinal:1882.03.27
Died:1891.12.31 (Venezia, Italy โ€  66)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1871.10.27 โ€“ 1877.06.22)

Patriarch of Venezia (Italy) (1877.06.22 โ€“ 1891.12.31)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio (1882.03.30 โ€“ 1886.06.07)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace (1886.06.07 โ€“ 1891.12.31)

Bishop Jacopo Deโ€™ Foretti
(1842.01.24 โ€“ 1867.05.25)

Born:1783.07.16 (Padova, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1806.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:1843.01.08
Died:1867.05.25 (โ€  83)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1842.01.24 โ€“ 1867.05.25)

Bishop Antonio Savorin
(1830.03.15 โ€“ 1840.12.25)

Born:1769.06.16 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1792.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:1830.08.08
Died:1840.12.25 (โ€  71)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1830.03.15 โ€“ 1840.12.25)

Bishop Giuseppe Manfrin Provedi
(1819.08.23 โ€“ 1829.01.06)

Born:1750.10.15 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1774.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:1819.10.17
Died:1829.01.06 (โ€  78)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1819.08.23 โ€“ 1829.01.06)

Bishop Giuseppe Maria Peruzzi
(1807.09.18 โ€“ 1818.06.26)

Born:1746.11.21 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1770.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:1795.09.27
Died:1830.11.25 (โ€  84)

Bishop of Caorle (Italy) (1795.09.22 โ€“ 1807.09.18)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1807.09.18 โ€“ 1818.06.26)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1818.06.26 โ€“ 1830.11.25)

Bishop Stefano Domenico Sceriman
(1795.08.02 โ€“ 1806.06.12)

Born:1729.09.30 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1752.07.30
Consecrated Bishop:1776.12.22
Died:1806.06.12 (โ€  76)

Bishop of Caorle (Italy) (1776.12.16 โ€“ 1795.08.02)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1795.08.02 โ€“ 1806.06.12)

Bishop Giovanni Benedetto Maria Civran
(1776.07.15 โ€“ 1794.10.28)

Born:1723.12.03 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1748.06.08
Consecrated Bishop:1770.08.12
Died:1794.10.28 (โ€  70)

Bishop of Caorle (Italy) (1769.02.01 โ€“ 1776.07.15)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1776.07.15 โ€“ 1794.10.28)

Bishop Fridericus Maria Giovanelli (later Patriarch)
(1773.07.12 โ€“ 1776.05.20)

Born:1726.12.26 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1754.04.21
Consecrated Bishop:1773.07.18
Died:1800.01.10 (โ€  73)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1773.07.12 โ€“ 1776.05.20)

Patriarch of Venezia (Italy) (1776.05.20 โ€“ 1800.01.10)

Bishop Giovanni Morosini, O.S.B.
(1770.05.28 โ€“ 1772.12.14)

Born:1719.07.22 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1743.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:1770.06.03
Died:1789.08.18 (โ€  70)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1770.05.28 โ€“ 1772.12.14)

Bishop of Verona (Italy) (1772.12.14 โ€“ 1789.08.18)

Bishop Giannagostino Gradenigo
(1762.11.22 โ€“ 1768.09.19)

Born:1725.07.10 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1748.07.21
Consecrated Bishop:1762.11.30
Died:1774.03.16 (โ€  48)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1762.11.22 โ€“ 1768.09.19)

Bishop of Ceneda (Italy) (1768.09.19 โ€“ 1774.03.16)

Bishop Vincenzo Bragadin, O.F.M. Cap.
(1753.09.26 โ€“ 1762.06.21)

Born:1691.03.10 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1715.08.18
Consecrated Bishop:1733.12.06
Died:1762.06.21 (โ€  71)

Bishop of Skradin (Croatia) (1733.09.28 โ€“ 1753.09.26)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1753.09.26 โ€“ 1762.06.21)

Bishop Gian Alberto Deโ€™ Grandi, C.R.L.
(1750.11.16 โ€“ 1752.07.22)

Born:1689.02.05 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1713.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:1750.11.22
Died:1752.07.22 (โ€  63)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1750.11.16 โ€“ 1752.07.22)

Bishop Paolo Francesco Giustiniani, O.F.M. Cap. (later Archbishop)
(1744.06.15 โ€“ 1750.11.16)

Born:1715.04.14 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1738.03.16
Consecrated Bishop:1744.06.21
Died:1789.02.17 (โ€  73)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1744.06.15 โ€“ 1750.11.16)

Bishop of Treviso (Italy) (1750.11.16 โ€“ 1788)

Titular Archbishop of Chalcedon (1788.03.10 โ€“ 1789.02.17)

Bishop Giovanni Maria Benzoni (later Archbishop)
(1733.03.02 โ€“ 1744.06.15)

Born:1670.03.06 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1715.06.30
Consecrated Bishop:1733.03.15
Died:1757.01.08 (โ€  86)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1733.03.02 โ€“ 1744.06.15)

Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus (1754.09.11 โ€“ 1757.01.08)

Bishop Giovanni Soffietti, C.R.M.
(1716.02.05 โ€“ 1733.01.19)

Born:1675.10.01
Ordained Priest:1699.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:1716.02.09
Died:1747.09.07 (โ€  71)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1716.02.05 โ€“ 1733.01.19)

Bishop of Adria (Italy) (1733.01.19 โ€“ 1747.09.07)

Bishop Antonio Grassi
(1696.05.21 โ€“ 1715.11.14)

Born:1644.07.11
Ordained Priest:1667.06.04
Consecrated Bishop:1696.06.03
Died:1715.11.14 (โ€  71)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1696.05.21 โ€“ 1715.11.14)

Bishop Stefano Rosato
(1684.07.03 โ€“ 1696.01.22)

Ordained Priest:1650.09.24
Died:1696.01.22

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1684.07.03 โ€“ 1696.01.22)

Bishop Antonio Baldo
(1669.07.15 โ€“ 1679.10.08)

Born:1621.12.14
Consecrated Bishop:1669.07.21
Died:1679.10.08 (โ€  57)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1669.07.15 โ€“ 1679.10.08)

Bishop Francesco Grassi
(1640.01.16 โ€“ 1669.04.04)

Consecrated Bishop:1640.01.22
Died:1669.04.04

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1640.01.16 โ€“ 1669.04.04)

Bishop Pasquale Grassi
(1619.04.29 โ€“ 1636.12.12)

Born:1584.04.05
Consecrated Bishop:1619.06.02
Died:1636.12.12 (โ€  52)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1619.04.29 โ€“ 1636.12.12)

Bishop Pietro Paolo Miloto
(1615.02.09 โ€“ 1618.11.01)

Consecrated Bishop:1615.02.24
Died:1618.11.01

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1615.02.09 โ€“ 1618.11.01)

Bishop Bartolomeo Cartolario
(1613.02.11 โ€“ 1614.11.17)

Consecrated Bishop:1613.02.17
Died:1614.11.17

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1613.02.11 โ€“ 1614.11.17)

Bishop Angelo Baroni, O.P.
(1611.08.31 โ€“ 1612.11)

Consecrated Bishop:1604.02.22
Died:1612.11

Bishop of Kotor (Montenegro) (1604.02.11 โ€“ 1611.08.31)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1611.08.31 โ€“ 1612.11)

Bishop Raffaele da Riva
(1610.11.24 โ€“ 1611.07.19)

Consecrated Bishop:1605.09.14
Died:1611.07.19

Bishop of Korcula (Croatia) (1605.09.12 โ€“ 1610.11.24)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1610.11.24 โ€“ 1611.07.19)

Bishop Lorenzo Prezzato
(1601.06.04 โ€“ 1610.10.29)

Born:1555
Consecrated Bishop:1601.06.12
Died:1610.10.29 (โ€  54)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1601.06.04 โ€“ 1610.10.29)

Bishop Massimiliano Beniamino, O.F.M. Conv.
(1585.09.09 โ€“ 1601.03.10)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1585.09.09 โ€“ 1601.03.10)

Bishop Gabriel Fiamma, C.R.L.
(1584.01.23 โ€“ 1585.07.14)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1584.01.23 โ€“ 1585.07.14)

Bishop Marco Medici, O.P.
(1578.12.15 โ€“ 1583.08.30)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1578.12.15 โ€“ 1583.08.30)

Bishop Girolamo Negri
(1572.10.10 โ€“ 1578)

Consecrated Bishop:1572.10.19
Died:1586

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1572.10.10 โ€“ 1578)

Archbishop Francesco Pisani
(1569.07.19 โ€“ 1572.02.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Naxos (Greece) (1564.12.15 โ€“ 1569.07.19)

Archbishop-Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1569.07.19 โ€“ 1572.02.08)

Bishop Jacopo Nacchianti, O.P.
(1544.06.03 โ€“ 1569.04.24)

Born:1502.10.15
Died:1569.04.24 (โ€  66)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1544.06.03 โ€“ 1569.04.24)

Bishop Alberto Pascaleo, O.P.
(1540.11.05 โ€“ 1543.12.25)

Born:1480
Died:1543.12.25 (โ€  62)

Bishop of Retimo (Greece) (1537.10.29 โ€“ 1540.11.05)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1540.11.05 โ€“ 1543.12.25)

Bishop Giovanni dei Tagliacozzi
(1535.10.20 โ€“ 1540.10.05)

Consecrated Bishop:1535.12.07
Died:1540.10.05

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1535.10.20 โ€“ 1540.10.05)

Bishop Bernardo Venier
(1487.01.24 โ€“ 1535)

Consecrated Bishop:1487.04
Died:1535

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1487.01.24 โ€“ 1535)

Bishop Silvestro deโ€™ Daziarii
(1480.01.24 โ€“ 1486.06.29)

Consecrated Bishop:1480.04.03
Died:1486.06.29

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1480.01.24 โ€“ 1486.06.29)

Bishop Nicolรฒ deglโ€™Inversi
(1463.02.10 โ€“ 1479.11)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1463.02.10 โ€“ 1479.11)

Bishop Nicolรฒ delle Croci
(1457.10.21 โ€“ 1463.02.10)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1457.10.21 โ€“ 1463.02.10)

Bishop of Hvar (Croatia) (1463.02.10 โ€“ 1473?)

Bishop Pasqualino Centoferri, O.E.S.A.
(1421.07.18 โ€“ 1457?)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1421.07.18 โ€“ 1457?)

Bishop Benedetto Manfredi
(1414.03.14 โ€“ 1421.07)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1414.03.14 โ€“ 1421.07)

Bishop Pietro Schiena, O.F.M.
(1411.07.16 โ€“ 1414)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1411.07.16 โ€“ 1414)

Bishop Cristoforo Zeno
(1410.03.03 โ€“ 1411.06.16)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1410.03.03 โ€“ 1411.06.16)

Bishop of Koper (Slovenia) (1411.06.16 โ€“ 1420)

Bishop Paolo di Giovanni
(1401.02.25 โ€“ 1410.01.24)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1401.02.25 โ€“ 1410.01.24)

Bishop of Modone (Greece) (1410.01.24 โ€“ ?)

Bishop Silvestro
(1387.05.18 โ€“ 1401)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1387.05.18 โ€“ 1401)

Bishop Nicolรฒ Foscarini
(1376.01.16 โ€“ 1387.03?)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1376.01.16 โ€“ 1387.03?)

Bishop Nicolรฒ
(1374.03.23 โ€“ ?)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1374.03.23 โ€“ ?)

Bishop Angelo da Camino
(1369.02.19 โ€“ 1374?)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1369.02.19 โ€“ 1374?)

Bishop Angelo Canopeo
(1363.03.22 โ€“ 1369.01.15)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1363.03.22 โ€“ 1369.01.15)

Bishop of Trieste (Italy) (1369.01.15 โ€“ 1382)

Bishop Leonardo de Cagnoli
(1353.01.18 โ€“ 1362.09?)

Bishop of Pula (Croatia) (1349.11.05 โ€“ 1353.01.18)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1353.01.18 โ€“ 1362.09?)

Bishop Benedetto
(1348.01.26 โ€“ 1353.01.18)

Bishop of Sorres (Italy) (1344.09.13 โ€“ 1348.01.26)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1348.01.26 โ€“ 1353.01.18)

Bishop of Pula (Croatia) (1353.01.18 โ€“ 1360)

Bishop Pietro di Clusello, O.P.
(1346.06.26 โ€“ 1347.12.12)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1346.06.26 โ€“ 1347.12.12)

Bishop of Melfi (Italy) (1347.12.12 โ€“ 1348.05.30)

Bishop of Concordia (Italy) (1348.05.30 โ€“ 1360.10.25)

Bishop Michele da Verona, O.P.
(1342.10.07 โ€“ 1346)

Bishop Andrea Dotto da Padova (later Patriarch)
(1322.08.12 โ€“ 1337.12.03)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1322.08.12 โ€“ 1337.12.03)

Patriarch of Grado (Italy) (1337.12.03 โ€“ ?)

Bishop Ottonello, O.F.M.
(1317.01.07 โ€“ 1321?)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1317.01.07 โ€“ 1321?)

Bishop Roberto, O.E.S.A.
(1302.09.24 โ€“ 1311?)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1302.09.24 โ€“ 1311?)

Bishop Enrico, O.F.M.
(1290.09.16 โ€“ 1302)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1290.09.16 โ€“ 1302)

Bishop Uberto, O. Cist.
(1284 โ€“ 1285?)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1284 โ€“ 1285?)

Bishop Matteo
(1264.06? โ€“ 1284)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1264.06? โ€“ 1284)

Bishop Guidone
(1236.11.17 โ€“ 1257?)

Bishop of Equilio (Italy) (1220.08.30 โ€“ 1236.11.17)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1236.11.17 โ€“ 1257?)

Bishop Domenico Selvo
(1235.09 โ€“ 1236?)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1235.09 โ€“ 1236?)

Bishop Felice
(1218? โ€“ 1228?)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1218? โ€“ 1228?)

Bishop Domenico
(1203? โ€“ ?)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1203? โ€“ ?)

Bishop Araldo Bianco
(1182? โ€“ 1192?)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1182? โ€“ 1192?)

Bishop Marino Ruibolo
(1165? โ€“ 1180?)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1165? โ€“ 1180?)

Bishop Giovanni Falier
(1157? โ€“ 1162?)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1157? โ€“ 1162?)

Bishop Felice
(? โ€“ ?)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (? โ€“ ?)

Bishop Domenico Guillari
(1139? โ€“ 1150?)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1139? โ€“ 1150?)

Bishop Stefano
(1122? โ€“ 1127?)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1122? โ€“ 1127?)

Bishop Stefano Badoer
(1107.06 โ€“ ?)

Bishop of Chioggia (Italy) (1107.06 โ€“ ?)

Bishop Enrico Grancarolo
(1106 โ€“ 1111)

Former Prelates

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,000 kmยฒ

Population: 106,290 Catholics (91.5% of 116,130 total)

Pastoral Centres: 67 parishes

Personnel: 70 priests (53 diocesan, 17 religious), 5 deacons, 88 religious (19 brothers, 69 sisters)