Roman Catholic Diocese of Padua

Diocese of Padua Dioecesis Patavina Diocesi di Padova
Padua Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Statistics
Area	3,297 km2 (1,273 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2021) 1,046,855 1,000,240 (est.)
Parishes	459
Information
Rite	Roman
Established	3rd Century
Cathedral	Basilica Cattedrale di S. Maria
Secular priests	631 (diocesan) 270 (religious orders) 53 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Claudio Cipolla
Bishops emeritus	Antonio Mattiazzo
Map
Website
www.diocesipadova.it

The Diocese of Padua (Italian: Diocesi di Padova; Latin: Dioecesis Patavina) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Veneto, northern Italy. It was erected in the 3rd century.^[1][2] 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, it became a suffragan of the Patriarchate of Venice, and remains so today.^[3]

The current bishop is Claudio Cipolla.

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 and the Basilica of Santa Giustina.