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
MetropolitanOsaka
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 ArchbishopThomas Aquino Manyo Maeda
Bishops emeritusAugustinus Jun-ichi Nomura
Map
Website
http://www.nagoya.catholic.jp/

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

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)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Rinunce e nomine". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-03-29.
  2. ↑ Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Nagoya". The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church.

Sources

35°10′22.24″N 136°55′26.00″E / 35.1728444°N 136.9238889°E / 35.1728444; 136.9238889


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