Roman Catholic Diocese of Oita
Diocese of Oita Dioecesis Oitaensis カトリック大分教区 | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Ōita |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Sulpizio Shinzo Moriyama |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Peter Michiaki Nakamura |
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| Website of the Diocese | |
The Diocese of Oita (
suffragan Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Nagasaki in southern Japan
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Ōita
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Diocese of Funai
The first Catholic jurisdiction of Otai's territory was established on 19 February 1588, during Portuguese colonial prominence and missionary efforts in the Far East, as the Diocese of Funai (or Funay), on territory split off from the colonial Roman Catholic Diocese of Macau.
It was suppressed around 1660, having had the following incumbents (all Portuguese missionary members of Latin Congregations):
- Sebastião de Morais de Funchal, Jesuits (S.J.) (1588.02.19 – death 1588.08.19)
- Pedro Martins, S.J. (1592.02.17 –death 1598.02.18)
- Tiberias(1593.01.29 – 1598.02.18)
- Apostolic Administrator of mother diocese Macau澳門 (Macau, Portuguese China) (1626.08.27 – 1633.10.28)
- Conventual Franciscans (O.F.M. Conv.), Titular Archbishop of Myra(1637.11.14 – 1653)
History
- Established (restoring its above predecessor at a much lower level) on March 27, 1927 as Diocese of Fukuoka
- January 28, 1935: Promoted as Apostolic Prefectureof Miyazaki
- December 22, 1961: Promoted and renamed after its see as Diocese of Oita
Ordinaries
- Ecclesiastical Superior of Miyazaki
- Fr. Salesians(S.D.B.) (1928 – 1935.01.28 see below)
- Apostolic Prefects of Miyazaki
- Fr. Vincenzo Cimatti(ヴィンチェンツォ・チマッチ), S.D.B. (see above 1935.01.28 – 1940.11.21)
- Kagoshima鹿児島 (Japan) (1940.06.10 – 1955)
- Titular Bishop of Crepedula(1969.11.15 – 1976.08.09)
- Suffragan Bishops of Oita
- Sulpicians (P.S.S.) † (22 December 1961 - 15 November 1969 ), later Bishop of Fukuoka福岡 (Japan) (1969.11.15 – 1990.10.06)
- Peter Takaaki Hirayama (15 November 1969 - 10 May 2000)
- Dominic Ryoji Miyahara (10 May 2000 - 19 March 2008), later Bishop of Fukuoka 福岡 (Japan) (2008.03.19 – 2019.04.27)
- Paul Sueo Hamaguchi (26 June 2011 - 28 December 2020)
- Sulpizio Shinzo Moriyama (5 April 2022 – present)
See also
- Roman Catholicism in Japan
Sources
External links
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