Diocese of Venice, USA 🇺🇸

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Venice / Venetiarum in Florida (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Miami

Neighbouring Dioceses: Saint Petersburg (↖), Orlando (↗), Palm Beach (→), Miami (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady of Mercy, Saint Mark the Evangelist

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1984.06.16: Established as Diocese of Venice / Venetiarum in Florida (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Miami, Diocese of Orlando and Diocese of Saint Petersburg and became suffragan of Miami)

Contact Info

Address: 1000 Pinebrook Rd., Venice, FL 34284, USA

Phone: +1 (941) 484-9543

Present Prelates

Bishop (2026.05.13 – ...):

Bishop Emilio Biosca Agüero, O.F.M. Cap. (61)

Monsignors (7)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Venice (Roman Rite)

Bishop Emilio Biosca Agüero, O.F.M. Cap. (61)
(2026.05.13 – ...)

Bishop of Venice (USA)

Ite ad Joseph

Born:	1964.12.15 (Fairfax, VA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1994.05.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2026.07.11

Bishop of Venice (USA) (2026.05.13 – ...)

Bishop Frank Joseph Dewane (76)
(2007.01.19 – 2026.05.13)

Bishop emeritus of Venice (USA)

Justitia pax gaudium

Born:	1950.03.09 (Green Bay, WI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1988.07.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.07.25

Priest of Green Bay (USA) (1988.07.16 – 2006.04.25)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1992.09.07 – 2001.06.15)

Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (2001.03.22 – 2006.04.25)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2001.06.15 – 2006.04.25)

Coadjutor Bishop of Venice (USA) (2006.04.25 – 2007.01.19)

Bishop of Venice (USA) (2007.01.19 – 2026.05.13)

Bishop John Joseph Nevins
(1984.07.17 – 2007.01.19)

To serve with mercy

Born:	1932.01.19 (New Rochelle, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1959.06.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.03.24
Died:	2014.08.26 (Venice, FL, USA † 82)

Priest of Miami (USA) (1959.06.06 – 1979.01.25)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1973.12.10 – 1979.01.25)

Titular Bishop of Rusticiana (1979.01.25 – 1984.07.17)

Auxiliary Bishop of Miami (USA) (1979.01.25 – 1984.07.17)

Bishop of Venice (USA) (1984.07.17 – 2007.01.19)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Frank Joseph Dewane (76) (2006.04.25 – 2007.01.19)

Special Churches

Churches by City (72)

Saint Petersburg (↖), Orlando (↗), Palm Beach (→), Miami (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 22,685 km²

Population: 242,156 Catholics (9.9% of 2,444,235 total)

Pastoral Centres: 61 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 195 priests (149 diocesan, 46 religious), 28 deacons, 87 religious (51 brothers, 36 sisters), 12 seminarians