Diocese of Naha 那覇
Nahan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Naha 那覇, Japan
The Diocese of Naha covers Okinawa Prefecture and the southern islands of Japan. It began as an apostolic administration in 1947 and was promoted to a diocese in 1972, and is led by Bishop Wayne Francis Berndt, O.F.M. Cap.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 December 1972
- Latin
- Nahan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001002335
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 6,118
- Population
- 1,351,175
- Catholic share
- 0.5%
- Priests
- 16
- Catholics per priest
- 382
- Extent
- 2,266 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.7
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
- Wayne Berndt
- Born
- 15 May 1954
- Birthplace
- Fitchburg
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI CAPPUCCINI
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 the Immaculate Heart of Mary stands in Naha 那覇, 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 Fukuoka 福岡Fukuoka 福岡
- Diocese of Kagoshima 鹿児島Kagoshima 鹿児島
- Archdiocese of Nagasaki 長崎Nagasaki 長崎
- 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].