Roman Catholic Diocese of Niigata
37°55′29.18″N 139°2′19.86″E / 37.9247722°N 139.0388500°E
Diocese of Niigata Dioecesis Niigataënsis カトリック新潟教区 | |
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 Cathedral of Christ the King | |
| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| Ecclesiastical province | Tokyo |
| Metropolitan | Tokyo |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 33,517 km2 (12,941 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 4,850,802 7,711 (0.2%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Christ the King in Niigata |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D. |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Peter Takeo Okada |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Niigata (Template:Lang-la, Japanese: カトリック新潟教区 ) is a diocese located in the city of Niigata in the Ecclesiastical province of Tokyo in Japan.
This diocese is well known because the apparitions of Our Lady of Akita were within its territory and Bishop John Shojiro Ito from this diocese initially approved the apparitions in 1984. Our Lady of Akita was formally approved in 1988 when Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI) as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, gave definitive judgement on the Akita events and messages as reliable and worthy of belief.[1]
History
- August 13, 1912: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Niigata from the Diocese of Hakodate
- April 16, 1962: Promoted as Diocese of Niigata
Leadership
- Bishops of Niigata (Roman rite)
- Bishop Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi (タルチシオ菊地功), S.V.D. (since 2004.04.29)
- Bishop Francis Keiichi Sato (フランシスコ佐藤敬一), O.F.M. (1985.03.09 – 2004.05.14)
- Bishop Johannes Shojiro Ito (使徒ヨハネ伊藤庄治郎) (1962.04.16 – 1985.03.09)
- Prefects Apostolic of Niigata 新潟 (Roman rite)
- Fr. John Baptist Tokisuke Noda (ヨハネ・バプティスタ野田時助) (1953.03.13 – 1961.10.11)
- Bishop Peter Magoshiro Matsuoka (ペトロ松岡孫四郎) (1941 – 1953)
- Fr. Anton Ceska (アントン・テェスカ), S.V.D. (1926.06.28 – 1941)
- Fr. Joseph Reiners (ヨゼフ・ライネルス), S.V.D. (1912 – 1926.06.28)
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