Diocese of

Nagoya 名古屋

Japan

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Nagoya 名古屋 / Nagoyën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Osaka–Takamatsu 大阪高松

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: March 21

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

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 and became suffragan of Tokyo 東京)
1962.04.16: Promoted as Diocese of Nagoya 名古屋 / Nagoyën(sis) (Latin)
1969.06.24: Became suffragan of Osaka 大阪

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.03.29 – ...):

Bishop Michael Gorō Matsuura (ミカエル松浦悟郎) (72)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Nagoya 名古屋 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Michael Gorō Matsuura (ミカエル松浦悟郎) (72)
(2015.03.29 – ...)

Bishop of Nagoya 名古屋 (Japan)

Pax et justitia

Born:	1952.09.28 (Nagoya, 愛知県, 中部地方, Japan)
Ordained Priest:	1981.03.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.07.17

Priest of Nagoya 名古屋 (Japan) (1981.03.21 – 1999.04.19)

Titular Bishop of Sfasferia (1999.04.19 – 2015.03.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan) (1999.04.19 – 2015.03.29)

Bishop of Nagoya 名古屋 (Japan) (2015.03.29 – ...)

Bishop Augustinus Jun-ichi Nomura (アウグスチノ野村純一) (86)
(1993.04.05 – 2015.03.29)

Bishop emeritus of Nagoya 名古屋 (Japan)

Unum Corpus multi sumus

Born:	1937.11.20 (Kōchi, 高知県, 四国, Japan)
Ordained Priest:	1964.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.07.04

Priest of Nagoya 名古屋 (Japan) (1964.12.19 – 1993.04.05)

Bishop of Nagoya 名古屋 (Japan) (1993.04.05 – 2015.03.29)

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 (Chiyoda, 東京都, 関東地方, Japan)
Ordained Priest:	1960.03.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.09.15
Died:	1997.10.06 (Nagoya, 愛知県, 中部地方, Japan † 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:	1887.03.20 (Nagasaki, 長崎県, 九州, 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. Josef Reiners (ヨゼフ・ライネルス), S.V.D.
(1922.02.18 – 1941)

Born:	1874.03.20 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1898.08.15
Died:	1945.08.28 († 71)

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

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

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul (Nunoike Church), 名古屋 (Nagoya), 愛知県, 中部地方
Former Cathedral (now secular): Former Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier (Daimyoji Church), 犬山 (Inuyama), 愛知県, 中部地方
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (61)

Kyoto 京都 (←), Yokohama 横浜 (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 28,417 km²

Population: 25,922 Catholics (0.2% of 12,305,336 total)

Pastoral Centres: 56 parishes

Personnel: 118 priests (15 diocesan, 103 religious), 3 deacons, 243 religious (118 brothers, 125 sisters)

Pastoral Centres

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