On 31 January 2012, he was named Patriarch of Venice. His installation was on 25 March 2012. On 18 September 2012, Moraglia was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to serve as one of the Synod Fathers for the 13th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelization. Since 2010 Moraglia has held positions in the management of the “Communication and Culture” Foundation in charge of the Italian Episcopal Conference’s (CEI) media, which is the proprietary of the Italian TV2000 broadcasting network. On 15 June 2018, he was made an Ecclesiastic Knight Grand Cross of the Costantinian Order of Saint George and Prior of Triveneto.