Bishop of Chioggia
Archbishop-elect Giampaolo Dianin was born on 29 October 1962 in Teolo, in the province and diocese of Padua. After attending the seminary of Padua, he was awarded a doctorate in moral theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome. He was ordained a priest on 7 June 1987. He has held the following offices: lecturer in family morality at the Theological Faculty of Northern Italy, Padua Section (since 1991), and subsequently at the Theological Faculty of Triveneto; lecturer in fundamental morality and social morality at the Superior Institute of Religious Sciences in Padua (1995-2002); lecturer in family pastoral care for the two-year licentiate course in pastoral theology in Padua (since 2003); director of the Family Office of the diocese of Padua (1992-2000); coordinator of the Family Commission of the Triveneto Ecclesiastical Region (1990-2001); assistant to Catholic Action, Padua (2000-2007); episcopal delegate for the permanent diaconate (2009-2012); coordinator of the Triveneto Commission for Seminaries (2012-2018); collaborator in the parish of Mestrino; rector of the major seminary of Padua; and member of the diocesan Pastoral Council, Presbyteral Council and College of Consultors. He was appointed bishop of Chioggia on 3 November 2021, receiving episcopal consecration on 16 January 2022. Within the Italian Episcopal Conference, he is delegate for the Seminaries of Italy, and, for the Regional Episcopal Conference of Triveneto, he is delegate for the clergy and seminaries.