Diocese of Fukuoka Dioecesis Fukuokaensis カトリック福岡教区 | |
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Location | |
Country | Japan |
Territory | Fukuoka, Saga, and Kumamoto |
Ecclesiastical province | Nagasaki 長崎 |
Metropolitan | Nagasaki 長崎 |
Coordinates | 33°35′N 130°24′E / 33.583°N 130.400°E |
Statistics | |
Area | 14,808 km2 (5,717 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 7,754,937 31,289 (0.4%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 16 July 1927 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Victory in Fukuoka |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Josep Maria Abella Batlle |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Peter Michiaki Nakamura |
Bishops emeritus | Dominic Ryōji Miyahara |
Map | |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Diocese of Fukuoka (Latin: Dioecesis Fukuokaensis, Japanese: カトリック福岡教区) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in Fukuoka in the ecclesiastical province of Nagasaki 長崎 in Japan.