Diocese of Venice
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| Country | United States |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Miami |
| Diocesan bishop | Frank Joseph Dewane |
| founding | 1984 |
| surface | 22,685 km² |
| Parishes | 54 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Residents | 1,718,925 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics | 217,585 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| proportion of | 12.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 168 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious priest | 76 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 892 |
| Permanent deacons | 76 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Friars | 103 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious sisters | 116 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of the Epiphany of Our Lord |
| Website | www.dioceseofvenice.org |
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The Diocese of Venice ( Latin : Dioecesis Venetiae in Florida ) is a Roman Catholic diocese located in Florida in the United States , with its seat in Venice .
history
Pope John Paul II founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Postulat quandoque on June 16, 1984 from cession of territory by the dioceses of Orlando , Saint Petersburg and the Archdiocese of Miami , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese. After the end of the American Civil War in 1865, Catholic missionaries traveled to what is now the diocese of Venice. Several mission stations and Catholic parishes were established there by 1918.
territory
The Diocese of Venice includes the Counties Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, Lee , Manatee and Sarasota of the state of Florida.
Bishops of Venice
- John Nevins (July 17, 1984– January 19, 2007)
- Frank Joseph Dewane (since January 19, 2007)
