Catholic ChurchinJapan |
Also known as: Japan (Deutsch), Japón (español), le Japon (français), Giappone (Italiano), Japonia (polski), Japão (Português), 日本 (正體中文, 日本語), Iaponia (latine)
Roman Rite (15): Fukuoka 福岡, Hiroshima 広島, Kagoshima 鹿児島, Kyoto 京都, Nagasaki 長崎, Nagoya 名古屋, Naha 那覇, Niigata 新潟, Oita 大分, Osaka–Takamatsu 大阪高松, Saitama さいたま, Sapporo 札幌, Sendai 仙台, Tokyo 東京, Yokohama 横浜
Anglican Use (1): Our Lady of the Southern Cross
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Apostolic Nunciature: Japan
Conference of Bishops: Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (F.A.B.C.)
Patron Saints: Saint Peter Baptist, Saint Francis Xavier
Saints: 43 Saints, 396 Blesseds
Continent: South and East Asia
Capital: Tokyo
Area: 364,485 km²
Population: 126,451,398
Neighbouring Countries: ↙ Taiwan , ← South Korea , ← North Korea , ← China , ↖ Russia
Religions: Shintoism 79.2%, Buddhism 66.8%, Christianity 1.5%, other 7.1%
Languages: Japanese
Ethnic Groups: Japanese 98.5%, Korean 0.5%, Chinese 0.4%, other 0.6%
Area: 377,829 km²
Catholic Population: 529,000 Catholics (0.4% of 125,682,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 850 parishes, 58 mission stations (44 with resident priest, 14 without resident priest), 35 other centres
Clergy: 26 bishops (14 diocesan, 12 titular), 1,246 priests (497 diocesan, 749 religious), 28 permanent deacons (24 diocesan, 4 religious)
Non-Clergy: 4,617 religious (137 brothers, 4,480 sisters), 176 members of secular institutes (sisters), 77 major seminarians, 2 missionaries, 1,319 catechists
Last updated on 2024.10.06
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