Fukuoka diocese
| Fukuoka diocese | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Japan |
| Ecclesiastical province | Nagasaki |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Nagasaki Archdiocese |
| Diocesan bishop | Josep Maria Abella Batlle CMF (appointed) |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Dominic Ryōji Miyahara |
| founding | 1927 |
| surface | 14,554 km² |
| Parishes | 55 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 7,725,204 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 29,826 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 0.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 41 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 47 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 339 |
| Friars | 51 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 312 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Japanese |
| cathedral | Daimyōmachi Kyōkai ( Mary of Victory ) |
| Website | www.fukuoka.catholic.jp |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fukuoka ( lat. : Dioecesis Fukuokaensis , Jap. カトリック福岡教区 , katorikku Fukuoka Kyoku ) is in Japan situated Roman Catholic diocese based in the city of Fukuoka .
history
Pope Pius XI founded the diocese of Fukuoka on July 16, 1927 with the Apostolic Constitution Catholicae Fidei and commissioned the Paris Mission with pastoral care. The area of the new diocese consisted of the prefectures of Fukuoka , Saga , Kumamoto , Oita and Miyazaki , which until then had belonged to the diocese of Nagasaki .
As early as March 27, 1928, the prefectures of Oita and Miyazaki were separated from the diocese of Fukuoka and the Mission sui iuris Miyazaki was founded.
territory
The diocese of Fukuoka includes the prefectures of Fukuoka , Saga and Kumamoto in the northwest of the island of Kyushu .
Bishops of Fukuoka
- Fernand-Jean-Joseph Thiry MEP (July 14, 1927 - May 10, 1930)
- Albert Henri Charles Breton MEP (June 9, 1931 - January 16, 1941)
- Dominic Senyemon Fukahori (March 9, 1944 - November 15, 1969)
- Peter Saburō Hirata PSS (November 15, 1969 - October 6, 1990)
- Joseph Hisajirō Matsunaga (October 6, 1990 - June 2, 2006)
- Dominic Ryōji Miyahara (March 19, 2008 - April 27, 2019)
- Josep Maria Abella Batlle CMF (since April 14, 2020)
See also
Web links
- Website of the diocese (Japanese)
- Entry on the website of the Bishops' Conference of Japan in Japanese and English
- Entry for the diocese of Fukuoka on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry about the diocese of Fukuoka on Giga-Catholic (English)
