Roman Catholic Diocese of Nagoya

Diocese of Nagoya Dioecesis Nagoyaensis カトリック名古屋教区
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Location
Country	Japan
Ecclesiastical province	Osaka 大阪
Metropolitan	Osaka 大阪
Statistics
Area
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 12,409,860 25,380 (0.2%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul in Nagoya
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Michael Gorō Matsuura (Formerly, Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Osaka, in Osaka, Japan, and Titular Bishop of Sfasferia, he was appointed Bishop of Nagoya, to succeed the retiring Bishop Emeritus, Augustinus Jun-ichi Nomura, by Pope Francis, on Sunday, March 29, 2015)
Metropolitan Archbishop	Leo Jun Ikenaga
Map
File:Giappone - Diocesi di Nagoya.png
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nagoya (Latin: Nagoyën(sis), Japanese: カトリック名古屋教区) is a diocese located in the city of Nagoya in the Ecclesiastical province of Osaka 大阪 in Japan.

History

• February 18, 1922: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Nagoya from the Apostolic Prefecture of Niigata and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tōkyō
• April 16, 1962: Promoted as Diocese of Nagoya

Leadership

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

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Japan

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy

External links

• http://www.cbcj.catholic.jp/jpn/diocese/nagoya.htm