Roman Catholic Diocese of Chioggia

The Italian Catholic Diocese of Chioggia (Latin: Dioecesis Clodiensis) is in the Veneto. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Venice.[1][2]

Diocese of Chioggia

Dioecesis Clodiensis
Chioggia Cathedral
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical provinceVenice
Statistics
Area1,000 km2 (390 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2006)
125,000
124,000 (99.2%)
Parishes68
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established7th Century
CathedralCattedrale di S. Maria Assunta
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopAdriano Tessarollo
Bishops emeritusAngelo Daniel
Map
Website
www.diocesidichioggia.it

History

Chioggia in antiquity was known as Fossa Clodia; in the Middle Ages as Clugia. In 1106, Enrico Grancarolo, Bishop of the island of Malamocco, then nearly deserted, transferred his see to Chioggia.

Other bishops were:

Cardinal Pietro Bembo was a canon of the cathedral.[3]

Ordinaries

Diocese of Chioggia

Erected: 7th Century
Latin Name: Clodiensis[1][2]

  • Nicolas de Crucibus (21 Oct 1457 – 10 Feb 1463 Appointed, Bishop of Hvar)
  • Nicolas Inversi, O.S.M. (8 Feb 1463 – 1471 Died)
  • Silvestro Daziari (24 Jan 1480 – 1486 Died)
  • Bernardino Fenier (Venerio) (24 Jan 1487 – 1535 Died)
  • Giovanni dei Tagliacozzi (20 Oct 1535 – 5 Oct 1540 Died)
  • Alberto Pascaleo, O.P. (5 Nov 1540 – Dec 1543 Died)
  • Jacopo Nacchianti, O.P. (30 Jan 1544 – 24 Apr 1569 Died)
  • Francesco Pisani (bishop) (19 Jul 1569 – 8 Feb 1572 Died)
  • Girolamo Negri (bishop) (10 Oct 1572 – 1578 Resigned)
  • Marco Medici, O.P. (15 Dec 1578 – 30 Aug 1583 Died)
  • Gabriele Fiamma, C.R.S.A. (23 Jan 1584 – 14 Jul 1585 Died)
  • Massimiliano Beniamino, O.F.M. Conv. (9 Sep 1585 – 10 Mar 1601 Died)
  • Lorenzo Prezzato (4 Jun 1601 – 29 Oct 1610 Died)
  • Raphael Riva (Ripa), O.P. (24 Nov 1610 – 1611 Died)
  • Angelo Baroni, O.P. (31 Aug 1611 – Nov 1612 Died)
  • Bartolomeo Cartolario (11 Feb 1613 – Nov 1614 Died)
  • Pietro Paolo Miloto (9 Feb 1615 – Nov 1618 Died)
  • Pasquale Grassi (29 Apr 1619 – Dec 1636 Died)
  • Francesco Grassi (16 Jan 1640 – 4 Apr 1669 Died)
  • Giovanni Antonio Baldi (15 Jul 1669 – 8 Oct 1679 Died)[4]
  • Stefano Rosato (3 Jul 1684 – 22 Jan 1696 Died)[4]
  • Antonio Grassi (bishop) (21 May 1696 – 4 Nov 1715 Died)[4]
  • Giovanni Soffietti, C.R.M. (5 Feb 1716 – 19 Jan 1733 Appointed, Bishop of Adria)[4]
  • Giovanni Maria Benzoni (2 Mar 1733 – 12 Jun 1744 Resigned)
  • Paolo Francesco Giustiniani, O.F.M. Cap. (15 Jun 1744 – 16 Nov 1750 Appointed, Bishop of Treviso)
  • Gian Alberto De' Grandi, C.R.L. (16 Nov 1750 – 21 Jul 1752 Died)
  • Vincenzo Dominico Bragadin, O.F.M. Cap. (26 Sep 1753 – 21 Jun 1762 Died)
  • Giannagostino Gradenigo, O.S.B. (22 Nov 1762 – 19 Sep 1768 Appointed, Bishop of Ceneda)
  • Giovanni Morosini, O.S.B. (28 May 1770 – 14 Dec 1772 Appointed, Bishop of Verona)
  • Federico Maria Giovanelli (12 Jul 1773 – 20 May 1776 Appointed, Patriarch of Venice)
  • Giovanni Benedetto Maria Ciuran (Civran) (15 Jul 1776 – 28 Oct 1794 Died)
  • Stefano Domenico Sceriman, O.P. (1 Jun 1795 – 12 Jun 1806 Died)
  • Giuseppe Maria Peruzzi (18 Sep 1807 – 26 Jun 1818 Confirmed, Bishop of Vicenza)
  • Giuseppe Manfrin Provedi (23 Aug 1819 – 26 Jan 1829 Died)
  • Antonio Savorin (15 Mar 1830 – 25 Dec 1840 Died)
  • Jacopo De’ Foretti (24 Jan 1842 – 25 Apr 1867 Died)
  • Domenico Agostini (27 Oct 1871 – 22 Jun 1877 Appointed, Patriarch of Venice)
  • Sigismondo Brandolini Rota (25 Jun 1877 – 5 Sep 1877 Resigned)
  • Ludovico Marangoni, O.F.M. Conv. (21 Sep 1877 – 21 Nov 1908 Died)
  • Antonio Bassani (21 Nov 1908 Succeeded – 1 Oct 1918 Resigned)
  • Domenico Mezzadri (2 Jul 1920 – 8 Dec 1936 Died)
  • Giacinto Giovanni Ambrosi, O.F.M. Cap. (13 Dec 1937 – 28 Nov 1951 Appointed, Archbishop of Gorizia e Gradisca)
  • Giovanni Battista Piasentini, C.S.Ch. (31 Jan 1952 – 1 May 1976 Retired)
  • Sennen Corrà (1 May 1976 – 19 Jul 1989 Appointed, Bishop of Concordia-Pordenone)
  • Alfredo Magarotto (22 Feb 1990 – 31 May 1997 Appointed, Bishop of Vittorio Veneto)
  • Angelo Daniel (27 Nov 1997 – 10 Jan 2009 Retired)
  • Adriano Tessarollo (28 Mar 2009 – )

Notes
  1. Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Chioggia". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.self-published
  2. Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Chioggia (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.self-published
  3. Catholic Encyclopedia article
  4. Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 161. (in Latin)

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