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Diocese of

Nagoya 名古屋

Japan Japan

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Osaka 大阪

Neighbouring Dioceses: Kyoto 京都 (←), Yokohama 横浜 (→)

Cathedral Dedication: March 21

Website: Link

History

  • 1922.02.18: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Nagoya 名古屋 / Nagoyën(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tokyo 東京 and Apostolic Prefecture of Niigata 新潟)
  • 1962.04.16: Promoted as Diocese of Nagoya 名古屋 / Nagoyën(sis) (Latin)

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Bishop (1993.04.05 – ...):Bishop Augustinus Jun-ichi Nomura (75)Bishop Augustinus Jun-ichi Nomura (アウグスチノ野村純一) (75)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Nagoya 名古屋 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Augustinus Jun-ichi Nomura (75)Bishop Augustinus Jun-ichi Nomura (アウグスチノ野村純一) (75)
(1993.04.05 – ...)

Unum Corpus multi sumus

Born:1937.11.20 (Japan)
Ordained Priest:1964.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:1993.07.04

Bishop of Nagoya 名古屋 (Japan) (1993.04.05 – ...)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan (2001 – 2007.06)

Bishop Aloysius Nobuo Soma (アロイジオ相馬信夫)
(1969.06.26 – 1993.04.05)

Born:1916.06.21 (Japan)
Ordained Priest:1960.03.18
Consecrated Bishop:1969.09.15
Died:1997.10.06 († 81)

Bishop of Nagoya 名古屋 (Japan) (1969.06.26 – 1993.04.05)

Bishop Peter Magoshiro Matsuoka (ペトロ松岡孫四郎)
(1962.04.16 – 1969.06.26)

Born:1887.03.21 (Japan)
Ordained Priest:1918.02.10
Consecrated Bishop:1962.06.03
Died:1980.08.06 († 93)

Prefect Apostolic of Niigata 新潟 (Japan) (1941 – 1953)

Prefect Apostolic of Nagoya 名古屋 (Japan) (1941 – 1962.04.16)

Bishop of Nagoya 名古屋 (Japan) (1962.04.16 – 1969.06.26)

Titular Bishop of Belali (1969.06.26 – 1971.02.04)

Prefects Apostolic of Nagoya 名古屋 (Roman Rite)

Fr. Peter Magoshiro Matsuoka (ペトロ松岡孫四郎) (later Bishop)
(1941 – 1962.04.16)

(see above)

Fr. Joseph Reiners, S.V.D. (ヨゼフ・ライネルス)
(1922.02.18 – 1941)

Prefect Apostolic of Niigata 新潟 (Japan) (1912 – 1926.06.28)

Prefect Apostolic of Nagoya 名古屋 (Japan) (1922.02.18 – 1941)

as of 2013.05.03

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