Roman Catholic Diocese of Oita

Diocese of Oita
Dioecesis Oitaensis
カトリック大分教区
Location
Country Japan
Ecclesiastical province Nagasaki 長崎
Metropolitan Nagasaki 長崎
Statistics
Area 14,072 km2 (5,433 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
2,368,659
5,764 (0.2%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Cathedral St Francis Xavier Cathedral in Ōita
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Paul Sueo Hamaguchi
Metropolitan Archbishop Joseph Mitsuaki Takami
Emeritus Bishops Peter Takaaki Hirayama Bishop Emeritus (1970-2000)
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oita (Latin: Oitaen(sis), Japanese: カトリック大分教区 ) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archbishopric of Nagasaki 長崎 in southern Japan.

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier (Oita Church), in the city of Ōita.

Diocese of Funai

The first Catholic jurisdiction of Otai's territory was established on 19 February 1588, during Portuguese colonisal prominence and missionary efforts in the Far East, as the Diocese of Funai (or Funay), on territory split off from the colonial Roman Catholic Diocese of Macau.

It was suppressed around 1660, having had the following incumbents (all Portuguese missionary members of Latin Congregations) :

History

Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Miyazaki
Apostolic Prefects of Miyazaki
Suffragan Bishops of Oita

See also

Sources

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Coordinates: 33°14′00″N 131°36′24″E / 33.23333°N 131.60667°E / 33.23333; 131.60667


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