Continent: South and East Asia
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Niigata 新潟 / Niigataën(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Tokyo 東京
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Bishop (2020.05.31 – ...): | ![]() |
Bishops of Niigata 新潟 (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop of Niigata 新潟 (Japan)
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Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan)
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Bishop Francis Keiichi Sato (フランシスコ 佐藤敬一), O.F.M.
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Bishop John Shojiro Ito (使徒ヨハネ 伊藤 庄治郎)
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Prefects Apostolic of Niigata 新潟 (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Fr. John Baptist Tokisuke Noda (洗者ヨハネ 野田時助)
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Fr. Peter Magoshiro Matsuoka (ペトロ 松岡 孫四郎) (later Bishop)
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Fr. Anton Ceska (アントン・テェスカ), S.V.D.
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Fr. Josef Reiners (ヨゼフ・ライネルス), S.V.D.
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Area: 28,652 km²
Population: 6,980 Catholics (0.2% of 4,216,769 total) (2020)
Statistics: 30 parishes, 1 mission, 30 priests (14 diocesan, 16 religious), 64 lay religious (17 brothers, 47 sisters), 1 seminarian (2020)
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: April 16
Last updated on 2023.02.02
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