Diocese of Oita 大分
Oitaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Oita 大分, Japan
The Diocese of Oita covers Oita and Miyazaki prefectures in southern Japan. It originated as the Mission sui iuris of Miyazaki in 1927 and was raised to a diocese in 1961, and is led by Bishop Sulpizio Shinzo Moriyama.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 December 1961
- Latin
- Oitaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002448
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 5,764
- Population
- 2,368,659
- Catholic share
- 0.2%
- Priests
- 34
- Catholics per priest
- 170
- Extent
- 14,072 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.4
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
- Sulpizio Shinzo Moriyama
- Born
- 17 January 1959
- Birthplace
- Fukuoka
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. Francis Xavier stands in Oita 大分, 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 Naha 那覇Naha 那覇
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].