Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Fukuoka | |
Local: | Japanese: カトリック福岡教区 |
Latin: | Dioecesis Fukuokaensis |
Country: | Japan |
Territory: | Fukuoka, Saga, and Kumamoto |
Metropolitan: | Nagasaki 長崎 |
Province: | Nagasaki 長崎 |
Coordinates: | 33.5833°N 154°W |
Rite: | Latin Rite |
Cathedral: | Cathedral of Our Lady of Victory in Fukuoka |
Established: | 16 July 1927 |
Area Km2: | 14808 |
Population: | 7,754,937 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Catholics: | 31,289 |
Catholics Percent: | 0.4 |
Bishop: | Josep Maria Abella Batlle |
Metro Archbishop: | Peter Michiaki Nakamura |
Emeritus Bishops: | Dominic Ryōji Miyahara |
Map: | Giappone - Diocesi di Fukuoka.png |
Website: | Website of the Diocese |
The Diocese of Fukuoka (Latin: Dioecesis Fukuokaensis, Japanese: カトリック福岡教区) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in Fukuoka in the ecclesiastical province of Nagasaki 長崎 in Japan.