Diocese of Naha
| Diocese of Naha | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Japan |
| Ecclesiastical province | Nagasaki |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Nagasaki Archdiocese |
| Diocesan bishop | Wayne Berndt OFMCap |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Berard Toshio Oshikawa OFMConv |
| founding | 1947 |
| surface | 2,277 km² |
| Parishes | 13 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,432,871 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 6,085 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 0.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 8 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 13 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 290 |
| Permanent deacons | 4 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 27 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 59 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Japanese |
| cathedral | Kainan Kyōkai / Immaculate Heart Church |
| Website | www.naha.catholic.jp |
The diocese Naha ( lat. : Dioecesis Nahana , jap. カトリック那覇教区 , katorikku Naha Kyoku ) is in Japan situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Naha .
history
Pope Paul VI founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Iaponica Terra on December 18, 1972 from cession of territory by the Diocese of Kagoshima and it was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Nagasaki as a suffragan diocese.
territory
The Diocese of Naha includes Okinawa Prefecture with the Ryūkyū Islands .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Administrator of Naha
Bishops of Naha
- Peter Baptist Tadamarō Ishigami OFMCap (appointed December 18, 1972 - January 24, 1997)
- Berard Toshio Oshikawa OFMConv (January 24, 1997 - December 9, 2017)
- Wayne Berndt OFMCap (since December 9, 2017)
See also
Web links
- Entry on the website of the Bishops' Conference of Japan in Japanese and English
- Entry on Diocese of Naha on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry about the Diocese of Naha on Giga-Catholic (English)