Roman Catholic diocese in Japan
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.
Diocese of Funai
The first Catholic jurisdiction of Otai's territory was established on 19 February 1588, during Portuguese colonial prominence and missionary efforts in the Far East, as the Diocese of Funai (or Funay), on territory split off from the colonial Roman Catholic Diocese of Macau.
It was suppressed around 1660, having had the following incumbents (all Portuguese missionary members of Latin Congregations):
History
- Established (restoring its above predecessor at a much lower level) on March 27, 1927 as Mission sui iuris of Miyazaki, on territory split off from the Diocese of Fukuoka
- January 28, 1935: Promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Miyazaki
- December 22, 1961: Promoted and renamed after its see as Diocese of Oita
Ordinaries
- Ecclesiastical Superior of Miyazaki
- Apostolic Prefects of Miyazaki
- Suffragan Bishops of Oita
See also
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