Diocese of Nagoya
| Diocese of Nagoya | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Japan |
| Ecclesiastical province | Osaka |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Osaka |
| Diocesan bishop | Michael Gorō Matsuura |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Augustine Jun'ichi Nomura |
| founding | 1922 |
| surface | 25,306 km² |
| Parishes | 58 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 12,505,688 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 27,030 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 0.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 22 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 110 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 205 |
| Permanent deacons | 3 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 126 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 152 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Japanese |
| cathedral | Nunoike Kyōkai |
| Website | nagoya.catholic.jp |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nagoya ( lat. : Dioecesis Nagoyaensis , Jap. カトリック名古屋教区 , katorikku Nagoya Kyoku ) is in Japan situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Nagoya .
history
The diocese of Nagoya was founded on February 18, 1922 by Pope Pius XI. Established with the Apostolic Constitution In hac sublimi from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Tokyo and the Apostolic Prefecture Niigata as Apostolic Prefecture Nagoya . The Apostolic Prefecture of Nagoya was founded on April 16, 1962 by Pope John XXIII. with the Apostolic Constitution Praefectura Apostolica raised to the diocese and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Osaka as a suffragan .
territory
The diocese of Nagoya includes the prefectures of Aichi , Fukui , Gifu , Ishikawa and Toyama .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Nagoya
- Joseph Reiners SVD , 1926-1941
- Peter Magoshiro Matsuoka , 1945–1962
Bishops of Nagoya
- Peter Magoshiro Matsuoka, 1962–1969
- Aloysius Nobuo Soma , 1969-1993
- Augustine Jun'ichi Nomura , 1993-2015
- Michael Gorō Matsuura , since 2015
See also
Web links
- Entry on the website of the Bishops' Conference of Japan in Japanese and English
- Entry on the Diocese of Nagoya on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)