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Diocese of Fukuoka

Dioecesis Fukuokaensis



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 16 July 1927
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Nagasaki
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Japan
  • Square Kilometers: 14,864 (5,741 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: 6-28 Josui-dori, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi 810-0028, Japan
  • Telephone: (092)522-5139
  • Fax: 523-2152

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
16 July 1927ErectedDiocese of Nagasaki (Saga, Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Oita, and Miyazaki) Diocese of Fukuoka (erected)
27 March 1928Territory LostDiocese of Fukuoka (Miyazaki and Oita) Mission "Sui Iuris" of Miyazaki (erected)
4 May 1959Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Fukuoka (from Tōkyō)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
195013,7126,000,000.2%41647291717326ap1951
197024,1516,656,400.4%2870982467842558ap1971
198028,4867,150,914.4%31721032768146257ap1981
199029,7147,523,417.4%84241082753543167ap1991
199932,0377,751,210.4%4049893595243564ap2000
200030,9687,762,559.4%38621003096743865ap2001
200131,8017,762,559.4%4453973275642764ap2002
200231,7097,769,538.4%3856943375941264ap2003
200331,8817,776,543.4%3850883625541863ap2004
200431,5977,736,047.4%3950893555749163ap2005
200631,2897,754,937.4%3651873595841064ap2007
201330,1107,725,151.4%3947863505235865ap2014
201629,8267,725,204.4%4147883385131255ap2017
201930,2227,686,200.4%4836843594128855ap2020
202130,5207,739,182.4%3736734184227555ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 19, Page 377, and Page 378
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 51, Page 799, and Page 800

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