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Diocese of Oita

Dioecesis Oitaensis

カトリック大分教区
Location
CountryJapan
TerritoryŌita and Miyazaki
Ecclesiastical provinceNagasaki 長崎
MetropolitanNagasaki 長崎
Statistics
Area14,072 km2 (5,433 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
2,368,659
5,764 (0.2%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralSt Francis Xavier Cathedral in Ōita
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopSulpizio Shinzo Moriyama
Metropolitan ArchbishopPeter Michiaki Nakamura
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

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.

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier (Oita Church), in the city of Ōita.

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