Roman Catholic Diocese of Oita

Diocese of Oita

Dioecesis Oitaensis

カトリック大分教区
Location
CountryJapan
TerritoryŌita and Miyazaki
Ecclesiastical provinceNagasaki 長崎
MetropolitanNagasaki 長崎
Statistics
Area14,072 km2 (5,433 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
2,368,659
5,764 (0.2%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralSt Francis Xavier Cathedral in Ōita
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopSulpizio Shinzo Moriyama
Metropolitan ArchbishopPeter Michiaki Nakamura
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Oita (Latin: Dioecesis Oitaensis, Japanese: カトリック大分教区, romanizedKatorikku Ōita Kyōku) is a suffragan Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Nagasaki in southern Japan.

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

Diocese of Funai

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The first Catholic jurisdiction of Otai's territory was established on 19 February 1588, during Portuguese colonial 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

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  • Established (restoring its above predecessor at a much lower level) on March 27, 1927 as Mission sui iuris of Miyazaki, on territory split off from the Diocese of Fukuoka
  • January 28, 1935: Promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Miyazaki
  • December 22, 1961: Promoted and renamed after its see as Diocese of Oita

Ordinaries

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

See also

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Sources

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