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Diocese of

Naha 那覇

Japan Japan

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Ecclesiastical Province: Nagasaki 長崎

Neighbouring Dioceses: Taipei 臺北 (↙), Kagoshima 鹿児島 (↗)

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History

  • 1947: Established as Apostolic Administration of Okinawa and the Southern Islands / Ryukyus (from Apostolic Prefecture of Kagoshima 鹿児島)
  • 1972.12.18: Promoted as Diocese of Naha 那覇 / Nahan(us) (Latin)

Special Churches


Present Prelates

Bishop (1997.01.24 – ...):Bishop Berard Toshio Oshikawa, O.F.M. Conv. (72)Bishop Berard Toshio Oshikawa, O.F.M. Conv. (ベラルド押川壽夫) (72)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Naha 那覇 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Berard Toshio Oshikawa, O.F.M. Conv. (72)Bishop Berard Toshio Oshikawa, O.F.M. Conv. (ベラルド押川壽夫) (72)
(1997.01.24 – ...)

Pax et bonum

Born:1941.03.25 (Japan)
Ordained Priest:1967.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:1997.05.24

Bishop of Naha 那覇 (Japan) (1997.01.24 – ...)

Bishop Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami, O.F.M. Cap. (92)Bishop Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami, O.F.M. Cap. (ペトロ・バプティスタ石神忠真郎) (92)
(1972.12.18 – 1997.01.24)

Born:1920.12.01 (Japan)
Ordained Priest:1952.09.06
Consecrated Bishop:1973.02.11

Bishop of Naha 那覇 (Japan) (1972.12.18 – 1997.01.24)

Apostolic Administrators of Okinawa and the Southern Islands (Roman Rite)

Bishop Félix Ley, O.F.M. Cap. (フェリックス・レイ)
(1949 – 1972.01.23)

Born:1909.03.05 (United States)
Ordained Priest:1936.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:1968.06.09
Died:1972.01.23 († 62)

Apostolic Administrator of Okinawa and the Southern Islands (Japan) (1949 – 1972.01.23)

Titular Bishop of Caput Cilla (1968.03.11 – 1972.01.23)


as of 2013.05.03

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