Diocese of

Naha 那覇

Japan Japan

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Naha 那覇 / Nahan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Nagasaki 長崎

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: February 11

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.12.09 – ...):Bishop Wayne Francis Berndt, O.F.M. Cap. (70)Bishop Wayne Francis Berndt (ウェイン・フランシス・バーント), O.F.M. Cap. (70)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Naha 那覇 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Wayne Francis Berndt, O.F.M. Cap. (70)Bishop Wayne Francis Berndt (ウェイン・フランシス・バーント), O.F.M. Cap. (70)
(2017.12.09 – ...)

Bishop of Naha 那覇 (Japan)

ちむがなさ

Born:1954.05.15 (Fitchburg, MA, USA)
Ordained Priest:1983.05.21
Consecrated Bishop:2018.02.12

Bishop of Naha 那覇 (Japan) (2017.12.09 – ...)

Bishop Berard Toshio Oshikawa, O.F.M. Conv. (83)Bishop Berard Toshio Oshikawa (ベラルド 押川壽夫), O.F.M. Conv. (83)
(1997.01.24 – 2017.12.09)

Bishop emeritus of Naha 那覇 (Japan)

Pax et bonum

Born:1941.03.25 (Daikuma, 鹿児島県, Japan)
Ordained Priest:1967.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:1997.05.24

Bishop of Naha 那覇 (Japan) (1997.01.24 – 2017.12.09)

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

Born:1920.12.01 (Kasari, 鹿児島県, Japan)
Ordained Priest:1952.09.06
Consecrated Bishop:1973.02.11
Died:2014.10.25 († 93)

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

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

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

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

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

Titular Bishop of Caput Cilla (1968.03.11 – 1972.01.23)

Bishop Apollinaris William Baumgartner (アポリナリス・バウムガートナー), O.F.M. Cap.
(1947 – 1949)

Born:1899.07.24 (USA)
Ordained Priest:1926.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:1945.09.18
Died:1970.12.18 († 71)

Titular Bishop of Joppe (1945.08.25 – 1965.10.14)

Vicar Apostolic of Guam (Guam) (1945.08.25 – 1965.10.14)

Apostolic Administrator of Okinawa and the Southern Islands 琉球列島 (Japan) (1947 – 1949)

Bishop of Agaña (Guam) (1965.10.14 – 1970.12.18)

Special Churches

Churches by City (14)

Taipei 臺北 (↙), Kagoshima 鹿児島 (↗)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,281 km²

Population: 6,190 Catholics (0.4% of 1,454,540 total)

Pastoral Centres: 13 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 16 priests (7 diocesan, 9 religious), 4 deacons, 60 religious (11 brothers, 49 sisters)

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Pastoral Centres

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