Roman Catholic Diocese of Nagoya

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nagoya (Latin: Nagoyën(sis), Japanese: カトリック名古屋教区) is a diocese of the Western Latin Rite of the Catholic Church that is centered in the city of Nagoya and is part of the ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Osaka 大阪 in Japan.

Diocese of Nagoya

Dioecesis Nagoyaensis

カトリック名古屋教区
Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul
aka the Nunoike Church
Location
CountryJapan
Ecclesiastical provinceOsaka 大阪
MetropolitanOsaka 大阪
Statistics
Area28,486 km2 (10,999 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2004)
12,409,860
25,380 (0.2%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralCathedral of St Peter and St Paul in Nagoya
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopMichael Gorō Matsuura[1]
Metropolitan ArchbishopLeo Jun Ikenaga
Map
Website
http://www.nagoya.catholic.jp/

History

On February 18, 1922, the Apostolic Prefecture of Nagoya was formed out of the Apostolic Prefecture of Niigata and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tōkyō. Forty years later, on April 16, 1962, the apostolic prefecture was elevated to diocese.

Leadership

The current bishop is Michael Gorō Matsuura who was formerly an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Osaka, and the titular bishop of Sfasferia.[1] He was appointed by Pope Francis on Sunday, March 29, 2015, succeeding Augustinus Jun-ichi Nomura.[1]

  • Prefects Apostolic of Nagoya:[2]
    • Fr. Joseph Reiners (ヨゼフ・ライネルス), S.V.D. (1922.02.18 – 1941)
    • Bishop Peter Magoshiro Matsuoka (ペトロ松岡孫四郎) (1941 – 1962.04.16)
  • Bishops of Nagoya:
    • Bishop Peter Magoshiro Matsuoka (ペトロ松岡孫四郎) (1962.04.16 – 1969.06.26)
    • Bishop Aloysius Nobuo Soma (アロイジオ相馬信夫) (1969.06.26 – 1993.04.05)
    • Bishop Augustinus Jun-ichi Nomura (アウグスチノ野村純一) (1993.04.05 - 2015.03.29)
    • Bishop Michael Gorō Matsuura (2015.03.29 - present)
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See also
  • Roman Catholicism in Japan

References
  2. Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Nagoya". The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church.

Sources



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