Diocese of Nagoya 名古屋
Nagoyaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Nagoya 名古屋, Japan
The Diocese of Nagoya is a Latin Church suffragan diocese covering Aichi, Gifu, Toyama, Ishikawa, and Fukui prefectures in central Japan. Established as an apostolic prefecture in 1922 and raised to a diocese in 1962, it is led by Bishop Michael Goro Matsuura.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 April 1962
- Latin
- Nagoyaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002333
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 25,380
- Population
- 12,409,860
- Catholic share
- 0.2%
- Priests
- 118
- Catholics per priest
- 215
- Extent
- 28,486 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.9
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
- Michael Gorō Matsuura
- Born
- 28 September 1952
- Birthplace
- Nagoya
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 St. Peter and St. Paul stands in Nagoya 名古屋, 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 Osaka-Takamatsu
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Osaka-Takamatsu.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Hiroshima 広島Hiroshima 広島
- Diocese of Kyoto 京都Kyoto 京都
- Archdiocese of Osaka–Takamatsu 大阪高松Osaka–Takamatsu 大阪高松
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].