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Diocese of Naha

Dioecesis Nahana

カトリック那覇教区
Location
CountryJapan
TerritoryOkinawa
Ecclesiastical provinceNagasaki 長崎
MetropolitanNagasaki 長崎
Statistics
Area2,266 km2 (875 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
1,351,175
6,118 (0.5%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established18 December 1972
CathedralCathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Naha, Okinawa
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopWayne Francis Berndt, OFMCap
Metropolitan ArchbishopPeter Michiaki Nakamura
Bishops emeritusBerard Toshio Oshikawa, OFMConv Bishop Emeritus (1997-2017)
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Naha[1] (Latin: Dioecesis Nahana, Japanese: カトリック那覇教区) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Nagasaki 長崎, in southern Japan.

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Kainan Church), located in the city of Naha (on and administrative capital of Okinawa).

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