Announcements of recent changes in the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. This blog serves as a supplement to the main Catholic-Hierarchy website. Note: this blog and the website are NOT officially sanctioned or approved by any church authority.
19 March 2008
Miyahara named Fukuoka Bishop
Bishop Dominic Ryoji Miyahara was named Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan. The diocese had been vacant since the death of Bishop Joseph Hisajiro Matsunaga in June 2006. Bishop Miyahara had been serving as Bishop of Oita.
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