Roman Catholic Diocese of Naha
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Diocese of Naha
Dioecesis Nahanus
カトリック那覇教区
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| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| Ecclesiastical province | Nagasaki 長崎 |
| Metropolitan | Nagasaki 長崎 |
| Statistics | |
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| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2004) 1,351,175 6,118 (0.5%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 18 December 1972 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Naha, Okinawa |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Berard Toshio Oshikawa, O.F.M. Conv. |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Joseph Mitsuaki Takami |
| Emeritus Bishops | Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami Bishop Emeritus (1973-1997) |
| Website | |
| Website of the Diocese | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Naha (Latin: Nahan(us), Japanese: カトリック那覇教区) is a Latin suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagasaki 長崎, in southern Japan.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Kainan Church), located in the city of Naha (on and administrative capital of Okinawa).
History
- Established in 1947 as Apostolic Administration of Okinawa and the Southern Islands alias of (the) Ryukyus, an exempt missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Prefecture of Kagoshima 鹿児島 (now a diocese in the same province).
- Promoted on December 18, 1972 as Diocese of Naha, after its see.
Ordinaries
All Roman Rite, members of a Latin congregation
- Apostolic Administrators of Okinawa and the Southern Islands
- Apollinaris William Baumgartner (アポリナリス・バウムガートナー), Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (O.F.M. Cap.) (1947 – 1949), titular bishop of Joppe (Jaffa) (1945.08.25 – 1965.10.14) and apostolic vicar of Guam (1945.08.25 – 1965.10.14), later bishop of Agaña (Guam) (1965.10.14 – 1970.12.18)
- Felix Ley, O.F.M. (1949 – 1972.01.23) Titular bishop of Caput Cilla (1968.03.11 – 1972.01.23)
- Suffragan Bishops of Naha
- Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami, (ペトロ・バプティスタ石神忠真郎), O.F.M. Cap. (1972.12.18 – 1997.01.24 retired)
- Berard Toshio Oshikawa, (ベラルド押川壽夫), O.F.M. Conv. (1997.01.24 – ...)
See also
References
Sources and External links
- Diocesan website
- GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links
- Catholic Bishop's Conference of Japan
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