Diocese of Nagoya Dioecesis Nagoyaensis カトリック名古屋教区 |
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Location | |
Country | Japan |
Ecclesiastical province | Osaka 大阪 |
Metropolitan | Osaka 大阪 |
Statistics | |
Area | 28,486 km2 (10,999 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2004) 12,409,860 25,380 (0.2%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul in Nagoya |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Michael Gorō Matsuura (Formerly, Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Osaka, in Osaka, Japan, and Titular Bishop of Sfasferia, he was appointed Bishop of Nagoya, to succeed the retiring Bishop Emeritus, Augustinus Jun-ichi Nomura, by Pope Francis, on Sunday, March 29, 2015) |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Leo Jun Ikenaga |
Map | |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nagoya (Latin: Nagoyën(sis), Japanese: カトリック名古屋教区) is a diocese located in the city of Nagoya in the Ecclesiastical province of Osaka 大阪 in Japan.
Coordinates: 35°10′22.24″N 136°55′26.00″E / 35.1728444°N 136.9238889°E