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Roman Catholic Diocese of Nagoya

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
28,486 km²

Country
  
Japan

Pope
  
Francis

Bishop
  
Michael Gorō Matsuura

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Leo Jun Ikenaga

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Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 12,409,860 25,380 (0.2%)

Cathedral
  
St. Peter and St. Paul Cathedral, Nagoya

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Osaka

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.

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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)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Nagoya Wikipedia
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