Roman Catholic Diocese of Fukuoka

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Diocese of Fukuoka
福岡
Dioecesis Fukuokaensis

Statistics
Country:	Japan
Metropolitan:	Nagasaki 長崎
Rite:	Latin Rite
Area:	14,808 km²
Population:   Total:   Catholics:	7,754,937 (2006) 31,289 (0.4%)
Cathedral:	大名町教会 (Daimyomachi Church)
Ordinaries
Bishop:	Dominic Ryōji Miyahara

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fukuoka {Latin: Fukuokaën(sis), Japanese: 福岡 } is a diocese located in the city of Fukuoka in the Ecclesiastical province of Nagasaki 長崎 in Japan.

Contents 1 History 2 Leadership 3 See also 4 Source

[edit] History

• July 16, 1927: Established as Diocese of Fukuoka the from Diocese of Nagasaki

[edit] Leadership

• Bishops of Fukuoka (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Dominic Ryōji Miyahara (ドミニコ宮原良治) (since 2008.03.19)
  • Bishop Joseph Hisajiro Matsunaga (ヨゼフ松永久次郎) (1990.10.06 – 2006.06.02)
  • Bishop Peter Saburo Hirata (ペトロ平田三郎), P.S.S. (1969.11.15 – 1990.10.06)
  • Bishop Dominic Senyemon Fukahori (ドミニコ深堀仙右衛門) (1944.03.09 – 1969.11.15)
  • Bishop Dominic Senyemon Fukahori (ドミニコ深堀仙右衛門) (Apostolic Administrator 1941 – 1944.03.09)
  • Bishop Albert Henri Charles Breton (アルベルト・ブルトン), M.E.P. (1931.06.09 – 1941.01.16)
  • Bishop Fernand-Jean-Joseph Thiry (フェルナン・チリー), M.E.P. (1927.07.14 – 1930.05.10)

[edit] See also

• Roman Catholicism in Japan

[edit] Source

• Giga-Catholic Information
• Catholic Hierarchy