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Diocese of Vicenza, Italy ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Beata Vergine di Monte Berico (August 25)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 16

Liturgical Calendar ๐Ÿ“…

History

  • 580: Established as Diocese of Vicenza / Vicentin(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Padova and became suffragan of Aquileia)
  • 917: Lost territory to Diocese of Padova
  • 969.08.10: Gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Asolo
  • 1751.07.06: Became suffragan of Udine
  • 1818.05.01: Exchanged territory with Diocese of Padova and became suffragan of Venezia
  • 2014.08.08: Gained territory from Diocese of Verona

Contact Info

Address: Piazza Duomo 10, 36100 Vicenza, Italy

Phone: 0444 226300

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Bishops of Vicenza (Roman Rite)

Bishop Giuliano Brugnotto (61)Bishop Giuliano Brugnotto (61)
(2022.09.23 โ€“ ...)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy)

(no coat-of-arms or motto)

Born:1963.11.07 (Carbonera, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1990.05.19
Consecrated Bishop:2022.12.11

Priest of Treviso (Italy) (1990.05.19 โ€“ 2022.09.23)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (2022.09.23 โ€“ ...)

Bishop Beniamino Pizziol (77)Bishop Beniamino Pizziol (77)
(2011.04.16 โ€“ 2022.09.23)

Bishop emeritus of Vicenza (Italy)

Deus caritas est

Born:1947.06.15 (Caโ€™ Vio-Treporti, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1972.12.03
Consecrated Bishop:2008.02.24

Priest of Venezia (Italy) (1972.12.03 โ€“ 2008.01.05)

Titular Bishop of Novigrad (2008.01.05 โ€“ 2011.04.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Venezia (Italy) (2008.01.05 โ€“ 2011.04.16)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (2011.04.16 โ€“ 2022.09.23)

Apostolic Administrator of Venezia (Italy) (2011.09.08 โ€“ 2012.01.31)

Archbishop Cesare Nosiglia (80)Archbishop Cesare Nosiglia (80)
(2003.10.06 โ€“ 2010.10.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Torino (Italy)
former Apostolic Administrator of Susa (Italy)

Caritas congaudet veritati

Born:1944.10.05 (Rossiglione, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1968.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1991.09.14

Priest of Acqui (Italy) (1968.06.29 โ€“ 1991.07.06)

Titular Bishop of Victoriana (1991.07.06 โ€“ 1996.07.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) (1991.07.06 โ€“ 1996.07.19)

Titular Archbishop of Victoriana (1996.07.19 โ€“ 2003.10.06)

Vicegerent for the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) (1996.07.19 โ€“ 2003.10.06)

Archbishop-Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (2003.10.06 โ€“ 2010.10.11)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Italy (2010.05.25 โ€“ 2015.05.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy) (2010.10.11 โ€“ 2022.02.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Susa (Italy) (2019.10.12 โ€“ 2022.02.19)

Bishop Pietro Giacomo Nonis
(1988.02.20 โ€“ 2003.10.06)

Sub tuum prรฆsidium

Born:1927.04.24 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1950.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:1988.04.09
Died:2014.07.15 (โ€  87)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1988.02.20 โ€“ 2003.10.06)

Bishop Arnoldo Onisto
(1971.09.11 โ€“ 1988.02.20)

Onus istud a Domino

Born:1912.07.16 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1934.11.18
Consecrated Bishop:1971.10.17
Died:1992.05.08 (โ€  79)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1971.09.11 โ€“ 1988.02.20)

Bishop Carlo Zinato
(1943.06.08 โ€“ 1971.09.11)

In caritate

Born:1890.12.18 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1913.07.28
Consecrated Bishop:1943.07.25
Died:1974.06.23 (โ€  83)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1943.06.08 โ€“ 1971.09.11)

Bishop Ferdinando Rodolfi
(1911.02.14 โ€“ 1943.01.12)

Initium sapientiรฆ timor Domini

Born:1866.08.07 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1889.02.04
Consecrated Bishop:1911.05.07
Died:1943.01.12 (โ€  76)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1911.02.14 โ€“ 1943.01.12)

Bishop Antonio Feruglio
(1893.01.16 โ€“ 1911.01.04)

Born:1841.03.10 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1863.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:1893.01.22
Died:1911.02.08 (โ€  69)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1893.01.16 โ€“ 1911.01.04)

Titular Bishop of Amisus (1911.01.04 โ€“ 1911.02.08)

Bishop Antonio Maria De Pol
(1888.03.04 โ€“ 1892.07.04)

Born:1836.07.11
Ordained Priest:1859.04.23
Consecrated Bishop:1887.12.08
Died:1892.07.04 (โ€  55)

Titular Bishop of Nyssa (1887.11.25 โ€“ 1888.03.04)

Coadjutor Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1887.11.25 โ€“ 1888.03.04)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1888.03.04 โ€“ 1892.07.04)

Saint Bishop Giovanni Antonio Farina
(1860.09.28 โ€“ 1888.03.04)

Born:1803.01.11 (Gambellara, Italy)
Ordained Priest:1827.01.15
Consecrated Bishop:1851.01.19
Died:1888.03.04 (Vicenza, Italy โ€  85)
Beatified:2001.11.04
Canonised:2014.11.23
Feast:03.04

Bishop of Treviso (Italy) ([1850.05.25] 1850.09.20 โ€“ 1860.09.28)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1860.09.28 โ€“ 1888.03.04)

Bishop. Founder of the Teaching Sisters of St. Dorothy Daughters of the Sacred Heart.

Bishop Giovanni Giuseppe Cappellari
(1832.07.02 โ€“ 1860.02.07)

Born:1772.12.14
Ordained Priest:1796.02.19
Consecrated Bishop:1832.11.18
Died:1860.02.07 (โ€  87)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1832.07.02 โ€“ 1860.02.07)

Bishop Giuseppe Maria Peruzzi
(1818.06.26 โ€“ 1830.11.25)

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 Marco Zaguri
(1785.09.26 โ€“ 1810.09.12)

Born:1738.06.06
Ordained Priest:1763.09.29
Consecrated Bishop:1777.12.21
Died:1810.09.12 (โ€  72)

Bishop of Ceneda (Italy) (1777.12.15 โ€“ 1785.09.26)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1785.09.26 โ€“ 1810.09.12)

Bishop Alvise Maria Gabrieli
(1779.07.12 โ€“ 1785.07.19)

Born:1727.09.07 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1750.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:1758.11.30
Died:1785.07.19 (โ€  57)

Titular Bishop of Famagosta (1758.10.02 โ€“ 1761.04.07)

Bishop of Concordia (Italy) (1761.04.07 โ€“ 1779.07.12)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1779.07.12 โ€“ 1785.07.19)

Bishop Marco Giuseppe Cornaro
(1767.04.06 โ€“ 1779.02.03)

Born:1727.05.16
Ordained Priest:1757.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:1759.06.10
Died:1779.02.03 (โ€  51)

Bishop of Torcello (Italy) (1759 โ€“ 1767.04.06)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1767.04.06 โ€“ 1779.02.03)

Cardinal Antonio Maria Priuli
(1738.12.19 โ€“ 1767.04.06)

Born:1707.08.17 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1730.09.10
Consecrated Bishop:1739.01.18
Created Cardinal:1758.10.02
Died:1772.10.26 (โ€  65)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1738.12.19 โ€“ 1767.04.06)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace (1759.07.13 โ€“ 1762.04.19)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco (1762.04.19 โ€“ 1772.10.26)

Bishop of Padova (Italy) (1767.04.06 โ€“ 1772.10.26)

Bishop Sebastiano Venier
(1702.05.08 โ€“ 1738.01.22)

Born:1658.10.15
Ordained Priest:1702.02.05
Consecrated Bishop:1702.05.14
Died:1738.01.22 (โ€  79)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1702.05.08 โ€“ 1738.01.22)

Cardinal Giambattista Rubini
(1684.05.15 โ€“ 1702.03.25)

Bishop Giuseppe Civran
(1660.06.21 โ€“ 1679.05.17)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1660.06.21 โ€“ 1679.05.17)

Bishop Giovanni Battista da Brescia
(1655.10.14 โ€“ 1659.11.23)

Consecrated Bishop:1655.07.04
Died:1659.11.23

Bishop of Adria (Italy) (1651 โ€“ 1655.10.14)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1655.10.14 โ€“ 1659.11.23)

Cardinal Marco Antonio Bragadin
(1639.10.03 โ€“ 1655.06.14)

Archbishop Luca Stella
(1632.07.11 โ€“ 1639.07.11)

Bishop of Retimoโ€“Ario (Greece) (1609.06.15 โ€“ 1615.11.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Zadar (Croatia) (1615.11.16 โ€“ 1623.12.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Crete (Greece) (1623.12.04 โ€“ 1632.07.11)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1632.07.11 โ€“ 1639.07.11)

Archbishop-Bishop of Padova (Italy) (1639.07.11 โ€“ 1641.12.21)

Cardinal Federico Baldissera Bartolomeo Cornaro
(1626.09.07 โ€“ 1629.04.30)

Bishop Dionisio Dolfin
(1606.06.19 โ€“ 1626)

Consecrated Bishop:1606.07.02
Died:1626

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1606.06.19 โ€“ 1626)

Cardinal Giovanni Delfino
(1603.11.24 โ€“ 1606)

Bishop Michele Priuli
(1579.08.03 โ€“ 1603)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1579.08.03 โ€“ 1603)

Bishop Matteo Priuli
(1565.04.13 โ€“ 1579)

Cardinal Giulio della Rovere
(1560.09.13 โ€“ 1566.04.13)

Bishop Angelo Bragadin, O.P.
(1550.03.17 โ€“ 1560)

Consecrated Bishop:1550.10.26
Died:1560

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1550.03.17 โ€“ 1560)

Cardinal Nicolรฒ Ridolfi
(Apostolic Administrator 1524.03.14 โ€“ 1550.01.31)

Cardinal Francesco Soderini
(1514.06.12 โ€“ 1524.03.14)

Bishop Francesco della Rovere (later Archbishop)
(1509.05.29 โ€“ 1514.06.12)

Cardinal Sisto Gara della Rovere
(Apostolic Administrator 1507.09.11 โ€“ 1509.06.11)

Cardinal Galeotto Franciotti della Rovere
(Apostolic Administrator 1507.08 โ€“ 1507.09.11)

Bishop Pietro Dandolo
(1501.06.14 โ€“ 1507.09.11)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1501.06.14 โ€“ 1507.09.11)

Bishop of Padova (Italy) (1507.09.11 โ€“ 1509)

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Zeno
(1470.03.18 โ€“ 1501.05.08)

Cardinal Marco Barbo
(1464.09.17 โ€“ 1470.03.18)

Born:1420 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Created Cardinal in pectore:1467.09.18
Revealed as Cardinal:1467.09.19
Died:1491.03.02 (โ€  70)

Bishop of Treviso (Italy) (1455.11.14 โ€“ 1464.09.17)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1464.09.17 โ€“ 1470.03.18)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco (1467.10.02 โ€“ 1478.11.06)

Patriarch of Aquileia (Italy) (1470.03.18 โ€“ 1491.03.02)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1478.01.09 โ€“ 1479.01.08)

Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1478.11.06 โ€“ 1491.03.02)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marco in commendum (1478.11.06 โ€“ 1491.03.02)

Cardinal Pietro Barbo (later Pope Paul II)
(1451.06.16 โ€“ 1464.08.30)

Archbishop Francesco Malipiero
(1433.05.12 โ€“ 1451.06.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Split (Croatia) (1427.01.27 โ€“ 1428.06.16)

Bishop of Castello (Italy) (1428.06.16 โ€“ 1433.05.12)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1433.05.12 โ€“ 1451.06.08)

Bishop Pietro Emiliani
(1409.08.12 โ€“ 1433.05.04)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1409.08.12 โ€“ 1433.05.04)

Bishop Giovanni da Castiglione
(1390.12.16 โ€“ 1409.07.31)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1390.12.16 โ€“ 1409.07.31)

Bishop Giorgio deโ€™ Tortis
(1389 โ€“ 1390.04.27)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1389 โ€“ 1390.04.27)

Bishop Pietro Filargo da Candia, O.F.M. (later Antipope)
(1388.01.23 โ€“ 1389.09.18)

Born:1339 (Neapoli, Greece)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Created Cardinal:1405.06.12
Died:1410.05.03 (Bologna, Italy โ€  70)

Bishop of Piacenza (Italy) (1386.10.05 โ€“ 1387)

Bishop of Brescia (Italy) (1387 โ€“ 1388.01.23)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1388.01.23 โ€“ 1389.09.18)

Bishop of Novara (Italy) (1389.09.18 โ€“ 1402.05.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Milano (Italy) (1402.05.17 โ€“ 1408.11)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli (1405.06.12 โ€“ 1409.06.26)

Antipope (1409.06.26 [1409.07.07] โ€“ 1410.05.03โ–ผ)

Bishop Nicolรฒ da Verona
(1387.03.09 โ€“ 1387)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1387.03.09 โ€“ 1387)

Bishop Giovanni deโ€™ Surdis
(1363.02.10 โ€“ 1386.07.10)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1363.02.10 โ€“ 1386.07.10)

Bishop Egidio deโ€™ Boni da Cortona, O.E.S.A.
(1348.01.07 โ€“ 1361.08)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1348.01.07 โ€“ 1361.08)

Bishop Biagio da Leonessa, O.F.M.
(1337.06.09 โ€“ 1345 deposed)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1337.06.09 โ€“ 1345 deposed)

Bishop Francesco Temprarini, O.S.B.
(1321.11.13 โ€“ 1335)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1321.11.13 โ€“ 1335)

Bishop Sperendio da Verona, O.S.B.
(1315 โ€“ 1321)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1315 โ€“ 1321)

Bishop Altegrado dei Cattanei da Lendinara
(1303.12.09 โ€“ 1314.10.01)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1303.12.09 โ€“ 1314.10.01)

Bishop Rinaldo da Concorezzo (later Archbishop, Blessed)
(1296.10.13 โ€“ 1303.11.19)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1296.10.13 โ€“ 1303.11.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ravenna (Italy) (1303.11.19 โ€“ 1321.08.18)

Archbishop.

Bishop Andrea dei Mozzi
(1295.09.13 โ€“ 1296.04.28)

Bishop of Firenze (Italy) (1287 โ€“ 1295.09.13)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1295.09.13 โ€“ 1296.04.28)

Bishop Pietro Saraceni, O.P.
(1287.02.14 โ€“ 1295?)

Bishop of Terni (Italy) (1276.09.10 โ€“ 1286.02.25)

Bishop of Monopoli (Italy) (1286.02.25 โ€“ 1287.02.14)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1287.02.14 โ€“ 1295?)

Bishop Bernardo Nicelli
(1271 โ€“ 1286.10.28)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1271 โ€“ 1286.10.28)

Blessed Bishop Bartolomeo di Breganze, O.P.
(1255.12.18 โ€“ 1270.11)

Bishop Manfredo deโ€™ Pii
(1233 โ€“ 1255.08.30)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1233 โ€“ 1255.08.30)

Bishop Giacomo
(1227 โ€“ ?)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1227 โ€“ ?)

Bishop Zilberto
(1219.06.03 โ€“ 1227)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1219.06.03 โ€“ 1227)

Bishop Nicolรฒ dei Maltraversi
(Apostolic Administrator 1213 โ€“ 1219)

Bishop Umberto
(1204? โ€“ 1212 deposed)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1204? โ€“ 1212 deposed)

Bishop Pistore, O.E.S.A.
(1184 โ€“ 1202?)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1184 โ€“ 1202?)

Blessed Bishop Giovanni Cacciafronte, O.S.B.
(1179 โ€“ 1184.03.16)

Bishop Ariberto
(1164 โ€“ 1178)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1164 โ€“ 1178)

Bishop Umberto
(1158 โ€“ 1161)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1158 โ€“ 1161)

Bishop Lotario
(1134 โ€“ 1154)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1134 โ€“ 1154)

Bishop Enrico
(1123 โ€“ 1131?)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1123 โ€“ 1131?)

Bishop Torengo
(1108? โ€“ 1123?)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1108? โ€“ 1123?)

Bishop Ezzelino
(1080 โ€“ 1108)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1080 โ€“ 1108)

Bishop Didalo
(? โ€“ 1080)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (? โ€“ 1080)

Bishop Liudigerio
(1055 โ€“ 1074)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1055 โ€“ 1074)

Bishop Astolfo
(1028 โ€“ 1050)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1028 โ€“ 1050)

Bishop Tebaldo
(1013 โ€“ 1027)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1013 โ€“ 1027)

Bishop Girolamo
(1000 โ€“ 1013?)

Bishop of Vicenza (Italy) (1000 โ€“ 1013?)

Former Prelates

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,200 kmยฒ

Population: 769,000 Catholics (91.6% of 839,974 total)

Pastoral Centres: 355 parishes, 19 missions

Personnel: 538 priests (386 diocesan, 152 religious), 51 deacons, 1,332 religious (193 brothers, 1,139 sisters), 8 seminarians