List of the Patriarchs of Venice
The list of Patriarchs of Venice contains the bishops of the Patriarchate of Venice with the title of patriarch (since 1451), as well as their predecessors, who were titled as Bishops of Castello (1092-1451) and Bishops of Olivolo (774-1092).
Bishops of Olivolo (774-1092)
- Magnus (around 670)
- Lambert
- Obelerius (775-798)
- Cristoforo I. Damiata (797-810)
- John (804)
- Cristoforo II (810-813)
- Cristoforo I. Damiata (813 –...) (again)
- Ursus Particiacus (around 826-853)
- Moritz
- Domenico I.
- John I (...– 876)
- Lorenz (880-909)
- Domenico II. (909 –...)
- Domenico III.
- Pietro Tribuno (929)
- Orso (938)
- Domenico IV Talonico (945)
- Pietro Marturio (955)
- Giorgio (963)
- Marino Cassianico (966)
- Domenico V. Gradenigo (992)
- Domenico VI. Gradenigo (1026)
- Domenico VII Contarini (1044)
- Enrico Contarini (1074)
Bishops of Castello (1092-1451)
The name of the diocese and title of bishop followed the name change of the island of Olivolo to San Pietro di Castello .
- Vitale I. Michiel (1108)
- Bonifacio Falier (1120)
- Giovanni Polani (1133)
- Vitale II. Michiel (1164)
- Filippo Casolo (1182)
- Marco I. Nicolai (1184)
- Marco II Michiel (1225)
- Pietro Pino (1235)
- Gualtiero Agnusdei (1255)
- Tommaso I. Arimondo (1258)
- Tommaso Franco (1260)
- Bartolomeo I Querini (1274)
- Simeone Moro (1292)
- Bartolomeo II Querini (1293)
- Ramberto Polo (1303)
- Galasso Albertini (1311)
- Giacomo Albertini (1311)
- Angelo Dolfin (1329)
- Nicolò I. Morosini (1336)
- Paolo Foscari (1367)
- Giovanni Piacentini (1376)
- Nicolò II Morosini (1379)
- Angelo Correr (1379)
- Giovanni Loredan (1390)
- Francesco Falier (1390)
- Leonardo Dolfin (1392)
- Francesco Bembo (1401)
- Marco Lando (1417)
- Pietro Donato (1426)
- Francesco Malipiero (1428)
Patriarch of Venice (from 1451)
Pope Nicholas V transferred the title of Patriarch of Grado to the Bishop of Castello in 1451 and elevated the diocese to the Patriarchate of Venice.
- Laurentius Giustiniani (1433-1456)
- Maffeo Contarini (1456–1460)
- Andrea Bondimerio OSA † (1460-1464)
- Gregorio Correr (1464)
- Giovanni Barozzi (1465-1466)
- Cardinal Maffeo Gherardi , OSB Cam (1466–1492)
- Thomas Donatus , OSB (1492–1504)
- Antonio Soriano (1504–1508)
- Alvise Contarini (1508)
- Antonio Contarini (1508-1524)
- Gerolamo Querini , OP (1524–1554)
- Pietro Francesco Contarini (1554–1555)
- Vincenzo Diedo (1556–1559)
- Giovanni Trevisan (1560-1590)
- Lorenzo Priuli (1591–1600)
- Matteo Zane (1600-1605)
- Francesco Vendramin (1608-1616)
- Giovanni Tiepolo (1619-1631)
- Federico Corner (1631-1644)
- Gianfranco Morosini (1644–1678)
- Alvise Sagredo (1678–1688)
- Gianalberto Badoer (1688–1706)
- Pietro Barbarigo (1706-1725)
- Marco Gradenigo (1725-1734)
- Francesco Antonio Correr (1734–1741)
- Aloysius Foscari (1741–1758)
- Giovanni Bragadin (1758–1775)
- Federico Maria Giovanelli (1776–1800)
- Ludovico Flangini Giovanelli (1801-1804)
- vacancy
- Nicolaus Xaverius Gamboni (1807-1808)
- Stefano Bonsignori 1811
- vacancy
- Francesco Maria Milesi (1816-1819)
| Surname | Year of birth | Year of death | Appointment as cardinal | Patriarch of Venice | comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ján Kritel Ladislav Pyrker SOCist | * 1772 | † 1847 | 1820-1826 | ||
| Giacomo Cardinal Monico | * 1776 | † 1851 | 1833 | 1827-1851 | |
| Giovanni Pietro Aurelio Mutti , OSB | * 1775 | † 1857 | 1852-1857 | ||
| Angelo Ramazzotti | * 1800 | † 1861 | 1858-1861 | ||
| Giuseppe Luigi Cardinal Trevisanato | * 1801 | † 1877 | 1863 | 1862-1877 | |
| Domenico Cardinal Agostini | * 1825 | † 1891 | 1882 | 1877-1891 | |
| Giuseppe Melchiorre Cardinal Sarto | * 1835 | † 1914 | 1893 | 1893-1903 | elected Pope Pius X on August 4, 1903 |
| Aristide Cardinal Cavallari | * 1849 | † 1914 | 1907 | 1904-1914 | |
| Pietro Cardinal La Fontaine | * 1860 | † 1935 | 1916 | 1915-1935 | |
| Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza OCD | * 1884 | † 1957 | 1937 | 1935-1948 | then Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops |
| Carlo Agostini | * 1888 | † 1952 | 1949-1952 | ||
| Angelo Giuseppe Cardinal Roncalli | * 1881 | † 1963 | 1953 | 1953-1958 | to Pope John XXIII. elected October 28, 1958 |
| Giovanni Cardinal Urbani | * 1900 | † 1969 | 1958 | 1958-1969 | |
| Albino Cardinal Luciani | * 1912 | † 1978 | 1973 | 1969-1988 | elected Pope John Paul I on August 26, 1978 |
| Marco Cardinal Cé | * 1925 | † 2014 | 1979 | 1978-2002 | |
| Angelo Cardinal Scola | * 1941 | 2003 | 2002-2011 | then Archbishop of Milan | |
| Francesco Moraglia | * 1953 | since 2012 |