Diocese of Niigata
| Diocese of Niigata | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Japan |
| Ecclesiastical province | Tokyo |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Tokyo |
| Diocesan bishop | Paul Daisuke Narui SVD (appointed) |
| founding | 1991 |
| surface | 28,652 km² |
| Parishes | 30 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 4,570,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 7,335 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 0.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 17 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 21 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 193 |
| Friars | 22 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 61 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Japanese |
| cathedral | Niigata Kyōkai ( Christ the King ) |
| Website | www.niigata.catholic.jp |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Niigata ( lat. : Dioecesis Niigataënsis , Jap. カトリック新潟教区 , katorikku Niigata Kyoku ) is in Japan situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Niigata .
history
Pope Pius X. founded the Apostolic Prefecture Niigata on August 13, 1912 from cession of territory by the Diocese of Hakodate .
On February 18, 1922, it lost part of its territory for the establishment of the Nagoya Apostolic Prefecture . With the Apostolic Constitution Sicut provido it was elevated to the diocese on April 16, 1962.
territory
The Diocese of Niigata includes the prefectures Niigata , Yamagata and Akita on the island of Honshu .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Niigata
- Joseph Reiners SVD (November 19, 1912 - June 28, 1926, then Apostolic Prefect of Nagoya )
- Anton Ceska SVD (June 28, 1926-1941, died)
- Peter Magoshiro Matsuoka (1941–1953, resigned)
- John Baptist Tokisuke Noda (March 13, 1953 - October 11, 1961, died)
Bishops of Niigata
- Johannes Shōjirō Itō (April 16, 1962 - March 9, 1985, retired)
- Francis Keiichi Satō OFM (March 9, 1985 - May 14, 2004, retired)
- Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi SVD (April 29, 2004 - October 25, 2017, then Archbishop of Tokyo)
- Paul Daisuke Narui SVD (since May 31, 2020)
See also
Web links
- Entry on the website of the Bishops' Conference of Japan in Japanese and English
- Entry on Diocese of Niigata on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry about the Diocese of Niigata on Giga-Catholic (English)
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