Roman Catholic Diocese of Oita
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The Diocese of Oita (Latin: Dioecesis Oitaensis, Japanese: カトリック大分教区, romanized: Katorikku Ōita Kyōku) is a suffragan Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Nagasaki in southern Japan.
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Diocese of Oita Dioecesis Oitaensis カトリック大分教区 | |
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Location | |
Country | Japan |
Territory | Ōita and Miyazaki |
Ecclesiastical province | Nagasaki 長崎 |
Metropolitan | Nagasaki 長崎 |
Statistics | |
Area | 14,072 km2 (5,433 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 2,368,659 5,764 (0.2%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral | St Francis Xavier Cathedral in Ōita |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Sulpizio Shinzo Moriyama |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Peter Michiaki Nakamura |
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Website | |
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Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier (Oita Church), in the city of Ōita.