Diocese of Treviso

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Bishop(s) Michele Tomasi, Bishop Gianfranco Agostino Gardin, O.F.M. Conv., Bishop Emeritus

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese Erected: 4th Century Metropolitan: Patriarchate of Venezia {Venice} Rite: Latin (or Roman) Country: Italy Square Kilometers: 2,194 (847 Square Miles) Conference Region: Triveneto Official Web Site: http://www.diocesitv.it/ Mailing Address: Curia Vescovile, Piazza Duomo 2, 31100 Treviso, Italia Telephone: 0422.41.67.00 Fax: 0422.41.67.15

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Ambrogio † ( 1199 Appointed - 4 Jul 1209 Resigned)
• Tisone da Vidor † ( 1209 Appointed - 1245 Died)
• Gualtiero Agnus Dei, O.P. † ( 1251 Appointed - 8 Feb 1255 Appointed, Bishop of Castello)
• Adalberto Ricco, O.F.M. † (27 Aug 1255 Appointed - 28 Apr 1275 Died)
• Presavio Novello † (16 Oct 1279 Appointed - )
• Salomone de’ Salomoni † ( 1309 Appointed - 1322 Died)
• Ubaldo de’ Gabrielli, O.S.B. † (6 Jun 1323 Appointed - 1336 Died)
• Pier Paolo Dalla Costa † ( 1336 Appointed - 1350 Died)
• Giovanni Malabayla † (18 Apr 1352 Appointed - 3 Jul 1355 Appointed, Bishop of Asti)
• Azzone de’ Maggi † (3 Jul 1355 Appointed - 17 Jul 1357 Died)
• Pietro Pileo da Prata † (1 Jun 1358 Appointed - 12 Jun 1359 Appointed, Bishop of Padova {Padua})
• Pierdomenico di Baone † (12 Jun 1359 Appointed - )
• Nicolo Berruti (Berruto), O.P. † (27 Oct 1385 Appointed - 9 Sep 1394 Appointed, Bishop of Massa Marittima)
• Lorenzo Gambacorta † (9 Sep 1394 Appointed - 1409 Died)
• Giacomo da Treviso † (25 Nov 1409 Appointed - Feb 1416 Died)
• Giovanni Benedetti, O.P. † (8 Mar 1418 Appointed - 14 Apr 1437 Died)
• Lodovico Barbo, O.S.B. † (15 Apr 1437 Appointed - Sep 1443 Died)
• Ermolao Barbaro (Sr) † (16 Oct 1443 Appointed - 16 Nov 1453 Appointed, Bishop of Verona)
• Marino Contarini † (19 Nov 1453 Appointed - 1455 Died)
• Marco Barbo † (14 Nov 1455 Appointed - 17 Sep 1464 Appointed, Bishop of Vicenza)
• Pietro Foscari † (14 Nov 1455 Appointed - Did Not Take Effect)
• Teodoro de Lellis † (17 Sep 1464 Appointed - 31 Mar 1466 Died)
• Francesco Barozzi † (17 Apr 1466 Appointed - 1471 Died)
• Pietro Riario, O.F.M. Conv. † (4 Sep 1471 Appointed - 28 Apr 1473 Appointed, Bishop of Split (Spalato))
• Lorenzo Zanni (Zane) † (28 Apr 1473 Appointed - 27 Feb 1478 Appointed, Bishop of Brescia)
• Giovanni Giacomo d’Acri, O.F.M. † (6 Apr 1478 Appointed - 15 Feb 1485 Died)
• Niccolò Franco † (21 Feb 1485 Appointed - 1499 Died)
• Bernardo de’ Rossi † (16 Aug 1499 Appointed - 28 Jun 1527 Died)
• Francesco Pisani † (27 Jan 1528 Appointed - 20 Feb 1538 Resigned)
• Giorgio Cornaro † (20 Feb 1538 Appointed - 29 Nov 1577 Resigned)
• Francesco Cornaro (Jr.) † (29 Nov 1577 Appointed - 13 Nov 1595 Resigned)
• Alvise Molino † (13 Nov 1595 Appointed - 1604 Died)
• Francesco Giustiniani † (18 Jul 1605 Appointed - 1623 Resigned)
• Vincenzo Giustiniani † (18 Dec 1623 Appointed - 31 Jan 1633 Appointed, Bishop of Brescia)
• Silvestro Morosini † (14 Mar 1633 Appointed - 1639 Died)
• Marco Morosini † (3 Oct 1639 Appointed - 31 Jul 1645 Appointed, Bishop of Brescia)
• Antonio Lupi † (21 Aug 1645 Appointed - 4 Jan 1668 Died)
• Bartolomeo Gradenigo † (27 Feb 1668 Appointed - 13 Jul 1682 Appointed, Bishop of Brescia)
• Giovanni Battista Sanudo † (19 Jun 1684 Appointed - Jan 1709 Died)
• Fortunato Morosini, O.S.B. † (7 Apr 1710 Appointed - 15 Mar 1723 Appointed, Bishop of Brescia)
• Augusto Antonio Zacco † (22 Nov 1723 Appointed - 18 Feb 1739 Died)
• Benedetto De Luca † (22 Jun 1739 Appointed - Jun 1750 Died)
• Paolo Francesco Giustiniani, O.F.M. Cap. † (16 Nov 1750 Appointed - 16 Feb 1788 Retired)
• Bernardino Marin, C.R.L. † (7 Apr 1788 Appointed - 9 Oct 1817 Died)
• Giuseppe Grasser † (2 Dec 1822 Confirmed - 15 Dec 1828 Confirmed, Bishop of Verona)
• Sebastiano Soldati † (18 May 1829 Confirmed - 10 Dec 1849 Died)
• St. Giovanni Antonio Farina † (30 Sep 1850 Confirmed - 28 Sep 1860 Confirmed, Bishop of Vicenza)
• Federico Maria Zinelli † (30 Sep 1861 Confirmed - 24 Nov 1879 Died)
• Giuseppe Callegari † (27 Feb 1880 Appointed - 25 Sep 1882 Appointed, Bishop of Padova {Padua})
• Giuseppe Apollonio † (25 Sep 1882 Appointed - 12 Nov 1903 Died)
• Bl. Andrea Giacinto Bonaventura Longhin, O.F.M. Cap. † (16 Apr 1904 Appointed - 26 Jun 1936 Died)
• Antonio Mantiero † (24 Aug 1936 Appointed - 15 Feb 1956 Died)
• Egidio Negrin † (4 Apr 1956 Appointed - 15 Jan 1958 Died)
• Antonio Mistrorigo † (25 Jun 1958 Appointed - 19 Nov 1988 Retired)
• Paolo Magnani † (19 Nov 1988 Appointed - 3 Dec 2003 Retired)
• Andrea Bruno Mazzocato (3 Dec 2003 Appointed - 20 Aug 2009 Appointed, Archbishop of Udine)
• Gianfranco Agostino Gardin, O.F.M. Conv. (18 Dec 2009 Appointed - 6 Jul 2019 Retired)
• Michele Tomasi (6 Jul 2019 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
4th Century	Erected		Diocese of Treviso (erected)
969	Territory Added	Diocese of Asolo (Cittanova; Eraclea) (suppressed)	Diocese of Treviso
14 September 1929	Territory Added	Diocese of Padova {Padua} (Battutilo, Cazzago, and Ballò)	Diocese of Treviso
29 January 1954	Territory Added		Diocese of Treviso Patriarchate of Venezia {Venice}

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Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1886		306,850	.0%			425	0				210	OTC
1950	541,338	541,410	100.0%	624	178	802	674		234	1,998	238	ap1951
1969	570,573	570,830	100.0%	585	262	847	673		379	2,210	250	ap1971
1980	684,417	685,666	99.8%	553	277	830	824	1	406	1,420	262	ap1981
1990	720,405	727,256	99.1%	518	247	765	941	5	393	1,289	265	ap1991
1999	766,278	777,278	98.6%	484	213	697	1,099	12	305	1,036	265	ap2000
2000	769,500	783,556	98.2%	483	210	693	1,110	16	302	1,026	265	ap2001
2001	768,500	792,431	97.0%	479	207	686	1,120	16	298	1,016	265	ap2002
2002	770,050	800,161	96.2%	462	205	667	1,154	17	295	990	265	ap2003
2003	770,045	800,216	96.2%	462	198	660	1,166	17	279	955	265	ap2004
2004	772,150	807,877	95.6%	463	195	658	1,173	17	273	941	265	ap2005
2010	807,020	885,220	91.2%	433	172	605	1,333	22	229	822	265	ap2011
2014	805,900	906,000	89.0%	413	140	553	1,457	22	163	546	265	ap2015
2017	777,300	884,100	87.9%	399	135	534	1,455	26	135	480	265	ap2018
2020	778,500	886,000	87.9%	377	144	521	1,494	26	144	468	265	ap2021

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Luciano Bergamin, C.R.L.
• Alberto Bottari de Castello (Priest: 11 Sep 1966 to 18 Dec 1999)
• Francesco Giovanni Brugnaro
• Giuliano Brugnotto (Priest: 19 May 1990 to 23 Sep 2022)
• Davide Carraro, P.I.M.E.
• Adriano Cevolotto (Priest: 26 May 1984 to 16 Jul 2020)
• Angelo Daniel (Priest: 24 Jun 1956 to 27 Nov 1997)
• Gianfranco Agostino Gardin, O.F.M. Conv. (Archbishop (Personal Title): 18 Dec 2009; Bishop: 7 Feb 2010 to 6 Jul 2019)
• Fernando Mason, O.F.M. Conv.
• Andrea Bruno Mazzocato (Priest: 3 Sep 1972 to 11 Oct 2000; Bishop: 3 Dec 2003 to 20 Aug 2009)
• Luis Morao Andreazza, O.F.M.
• Corrado Pizziolo (Priest: 20 Sep 1975 to 19 Nov 2007)
• Angelo Scola (Apostolic Administrator: 20 Aug 2009 to 7 Feb 2010)
• Michele Tomasi (Bishop: 6 Jul 2019 - )
• Silvano Maria Tomasi, C.S.
• Mario Toso, S.D.B.

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Gualtiero Agnus Dei, O.P. † (Bishop: 1251 to 8 Feb 1255)
• Carlo Agostini † (Priest: 24 Sep 1910 to 30 Jan 1932)
• Domenico Agostini †
• Girolamo Aleandro †
• Giuseppe Apollonio † (Bishop: 25 Sep 1882 to 12 Nov 1903)
• Pierdomenico di Baone † (Bishop: 12 Jun 1359)
• Ermolao Barbaro (Sr) † (Bishop: 16 Oct 1443 to 16 Nov 1453)
• Lodovico Barbo, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 15 Apr 1437 to Sep 1443)
• Marco Barbo † (Bishop: 14 Nov 1455 to 17 Sep 1464)
• Francesco Barozzi † (Bishop: 17 Apr 1466 to 1471)
• Eugenio Beccegato † (Priest: 10 Apr 1886 to 19 May 1917)
• Giovanni Benedetti, O.P. † (Bishop: 8 Mar 1418 to 14 Apr 1437)
• Nicolo Berruti (Berruto), O.P. † (Bishop: 27 Oct 1385 to 9 Sep 1394)
• Luigi Bettazzi †
• Bl. Niccolò Boccasini, O.P. †
• Alfredo Bruniera † (Priest: 9 Jul 1933 to 12 Dec 1954)
• Giuseppe Callegari † (Bishop: 27 Feb 1880 to 25 Sep 1882)
• Giuseppe Carraro † (Priest: 31 Mar 1923; Auxiliary Bishop: 29 Sep 1952 to 9 Apr 1956)
• Angelo Casarino, O.P. †
• Savino Bernardo Maria Cazzaro Bertollo, O.S.M. †
• Marino Contarini † (Bishop: 19 Nov 1453 to 1455)
• Francesco Cornaro (Jr.) † (Bishop: 29 Nov 1577 to 13 Nov 1595)
• Giorgio Cornaro † (Bishop: 20 Feb 1538 to 29 Nov 1577)
• Cornelio Sebastiano Cuccarollo, O.F.M. Cap. †
• Antonio Cunial † (Priest: 9 Jul 1939 to 21 Mar 1963)
• Ettore Cunial † (Priest: 7 Jul 1929 to 11 Apr 1953)
• Giovanni Giacomo d’Acri, O.F.M. † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 6 Apr 1478 to 15 Feb 1485)
• Vittorio D’Alessi † (Priest: 12 Mar 1910 to 5 Apr 1944)
• Pier Paolo Dalla Costa † (Bishop: 1336 to 1350)
• Benedetto De Luca † (Bishop: 22 Jun 1739 to Jun 1750)
• Bernardo de’ Rossi † (Bishop: 16 Aug 1499 to 28 Jun 1527)
• St. Giovanni Antonio Farina † (Bishop: 30 Sep 1850 to 28 Sep 1860)
• Pietro Foscari † (Bishop: 14 Nov 1455 - Did Not Take Effect)
• Niccolò Franco † (Bishop: 21 Feb 1485 to 1499)
• Ubaldo de’ Gabrielli, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 6 Jun 1323 to 1336)
• Lorenzo Gambacorta † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 9 Sep 1394 to 1409)
• Francesco Giustiniani † (Bishop: 18 Jul 1605 to 1623)
• Paolo Francesco Giustiniani, O.F.M. Cap. † (Bishop: 16 Nov 1750 to 16 Feb 1788)
• Vincenzo Giustiniani † (Bishop: 18 Dec 1623 to 31 Jan 1633)
• Bartolomeo Gradenigo † (Bishop: 27 Feb 1668 to 13 Jul 1682)
• Giuseppe Grasser † (Bishop: 2 Dec 1822 to 15 Dec 1828)
• Aldo Maria Lazzarín Stella, O.S.M. †
• Teodoro de Lellis † (Bishop: 17 Sep 1464 to 31 Mar 1466)
• Bl. Andrea Giacinto Bonaventura Longhin, O.F.M. Cap. † (Bishop: 16 Apr 1904; Archbishop (Personal Title): 4 Oct 1928 to 26 Jun 1936)
• Antonio Lupi † (Bishop: 21 Aug 1645 to 4 Jan 1668)
• Azzone de’ Maggi † (Bishop: 3 Jul 1355 to 17 Jul 1357)
• Paolo Magnani † (Bishop: 19 Nov 1988 to 3 Dec 2003)
• Giovanni Malabayla † (Bishop: 18 Apr 1352 to 3 Jul 1355)
• Gino Malvestio, P.I.M.E. †
• Antonio Mantiero † (Bishop: 24 Aug 1936 to 15 Feb 1956)
• Bernardino Marin, C.R.L. † (Bishop: 7 Apr 1788 to 9 Oct 1817)
• Antonio Mistrorigo † (Bishop: 25 Jun 1958 to 19 Nov 1988)
• Alvise Molino † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 13 Nov 1595 to 1604)
• Jacopo Monico † (Priest: 21 Mar 1801 to 16 May 1823)
• Fortunato Morosini, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 7 Apr 1710 to 15 Mar 1723)
• Marco Morosini † (Bishop: 3 Oct 1639 to 31 Jul 1645)
• Silvestro Morosini † (Bishop: 14 Mar 1633 to 1639)
• Giovanni Motoni †
• Egidio Negrin † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 4 Apr 1956 to 15 Jan 1958)
• Presavio Novello † (Bishop: 16 Oct 1279)
• Arnoldo Onisto † (Priest: 18 Nov 1934 to 11 Sep 1971)
• Gino Paro † (Priest: 5 Jul 1936 to 31 Aug 1962)
• Ferdinando Fulgencio Pasini, O.F.M. †
• Pietro Pavan † (Priest: 8 Jul 1928 to 26 Dec 1994)
• Giovanni Maria Pellizzari † (Priest: 1873 to 15 Sep 1905)
• Francesco Pisani † (Administrator: 27 Jan 1528 to 20 Feb 1538)
• Sergio Pola †
• Severino Poletto †
• Antonio Polin † (Priest: 22 Sep 1849 to 16 Jan 1874)
• Pietro Pileo da Prata † (Bishop: 1 Jun 1358 to 12 Jun 1359)
• Giovanni Renier †
• Pietro Riario, O.F.M. Conv. † (Bishop: 4 Sep 1471 to 28 Apr 1473)
• Adalberto Ricco, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 27 Aug 1255 to 28 Apr 1275)
• Girolamo Righetto (Ragazzinus), C.R.L. †
• Salomone de’ Salomoni † (Bishop: 1309 to 1322)
• Giovanni Battista Sanudo † (Bishop: 19 Jun 1684 to Jan 1709)
• St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (Deacon: 27 Feb 1858; Priest: 18 Sep 1858 to 10 Nov 1884)
• Sebastiano Soldati † (Bishop: 18 May 1829 to 10 Dec 1849)
• Giacomo da Treviso † (Bishop: 25 Nov 1409 to Feb 1416)
• Tisone da Vidor † (Bishop: 1209 to 1245)
• Cesar Gerardo Maria Vielmo Guerra, O.S.M. †
• Augusto Antonio Zacco † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 22 Nov 1723 to 18 Feb 1739)
• Marcello Zago, O.M.I. †
• Lino Zanini †
• Lorenzo Zanni (Zane) † (Bishop: 28 Apr 1473 to 27 Feb 1478)
• Federico Maria Zinelli † (Bishop: 30 Sep 1861 to 24 Nov 1879)
• Ambrogio † (Bishop: 1199 to 4 Jul 1209)
• Daniel , O.S.A. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Dec 1470 to 1487)

Source(s)

Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 479, and Page 480 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 248, and Page 249 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 309 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 329 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 370 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 394 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 360 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 537 Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 357 Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 803, to Page 804 Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 22, Page 25 Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 46, Page 224, and Page 225

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