Diocese of Fukuoka 福岡
Fukuokaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Fukuoka 福岡, Japan
The Diocese of Fukuoka is a Latin rite see in northern Kyushu, Japan, established in 1927 from the Diocese of Nagasaki and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Nagasaki. Its cathedral is Our Lady of Victory in Fukuoka, and it has been led since 2020 by Bishop Josep Maria Abella Batlle.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 July 1927
- Latin
- Fukuokaën(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Victory
- Annuario code
- 001001449
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 31,289
- Population
- 7,754,937
- Catholic share
- 0.4%
- Priests
- 80
- Catholics per priest
- 391
- Extent
- 14,808 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.1
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Josep Maria Abella Batlle
- Born
- 3 November 1949
- Birthplace
- Lleida
- Institute
- MISSIONARI FIGLI DEL CUORE IMMACOLATO DI MARIA (CLARETTIANI)
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of Victory stands in Fukuoka 福岡, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Nagasaki
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Nagasaki.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Kagoshima 鹿児島Kagoshima 鹿児島
- Archdiocese of Nagasaki 長崎Nagasaki 長崎
- Diocese of Naha 那覇Naha 那覇
- Diocese of Oita 大分Oita 大分
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].