- Roman Catholic Diocese of Nagoya
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Diocese of Nagoya
Dioecesis Nagoyaensis
カトリック名古屋教区Location Country Japan Metropolitan Osaka 大阪 Statistics Area 28,486 km2 (10,999 sq mi) Population
- Total
- Catholics(as of 2004)
12,409,860
25,380 (0.2%)Information Rite Latin Rite Cathedral 布池教会
(Nunoike Church)Current leadership Bishop Augustinus Jun-ichi Nomura 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 Augustinus Jun-ichi Nomura (アウグスチノ野村純一) (since 1993.04.05)
- 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)
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Coordinates: 35°10′22.24″N 136°55′26.00″E / 35.1728444°N 136.92389°E
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