Tags: Clerical Administrative Region, Diocese.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Padua (Italian: Diocesi di Padova Latin: Dioecesis Patavina) is a see of the Catholic Church in the Veneto northern Italy. It was erected in the 3rd century and is a suffragan of the Patriarchate of Venice. The current Bishop of Padova is Antonio Mattiazzo.The diocese’s motherchurch and thus seat of its bishop is the Cathedral-Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta. The diocese also contains the somewhat grander Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua.
