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Bishop of Niigata

Diocese of Niigata
Dioecesis Niigataënsis
カトリック新潟教区
Catholic Niigata Cathedral.jpg
Cathedral of Christ the King
Location
Country Japan
Ecclesiastical province Tokyo
Metropolitan Tokyo
Statistics
Area 33,517 km2 (12,941 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
4,850,802
7,711 (0.2%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Cathedral Cathedral of Christ the King in Niigata
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Sede vacante
Metropolitan Archbishop Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D.
Map
Giappone - Diocesi di Niigata.png
Website
Website of the Diocese

Coordinates: 37°55′29.18″N 139°2′19.86″E / 37.9247722°N 139.0388500°E / 37.9247722; 139.0388500

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Niigata (Latin: Niigataën(sis), Japanese: カトリック新潟教区 ) is a diocese located in the city of Niigata in the Ecclesiastical province of Tokyo in Japan.

This diocese is well known because the apparitions of Our Lady of Akita were within its territory and Bishop John Shojiro Ito from this diocese initially approved the apparitions in 1984.

The diocese's most recent Bishop, Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D., was made Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tokyo on 15 October 2017.



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