Roman Catholic Diocese of Sendai
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sendai (Latin: Sendaiensis, Japanese: カトリック仙台教区) is a diocese of the Western Latin Church of the Catholic Church centered in the city of Sendai. It is within the ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tokyo in Japan.
Diocese of Sendai Dioecesis Sendaiensis カトリック仙台教区 | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| Ecclesiastical province | Tokyo |
| Metropolitan | Tokyo |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 45,951 km2 (17,742 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 7,167,150 10,949 (0.2%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Sendai |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Peter Takeo Okada |
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| Website | |
| http://www.sendai.catholic.jp/ | |
History
On April 17, 1891, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hakodate was carved out of the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Japan. On March 9, 1936 the diocese was renamed the Diocese of Sendai.
Leadership
- As "Bishops of Sendai":
- Bishop Martin Tetsuo Hiraga (マルチノ平賀徹夫) (10 December 2005 – 18 March 2020)
- Bishop Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe (フランシスコ・ザビエル溝部脩), S.D.B. (2000.05.10 – 2004.05.14)
- Bishop Raymond Augustin Chihiro Sato (ライムンド佐藤千敬), O.P. (1976.01.24 – 1998.06.19)
- Bishop Petro Arikata Kobayashi (ペトロ小林有方) (1954.02.21 – 1976.01.24)
- Bishop Michael Wasaburo Urakawa (ミカエル浦川和三郎) (1941.11.20 – 1954)
- Archbishop Marie-Joseph Lemieux (マリー・ジョゼフ・ルミュー) (1935.12.03 – 1941.01.16)
- As "Bishops of Hakodate":
- Fr. Andre Dumas, O.P. (Apostolic Administrator 1931 – 1936)
- Bishop Alexandre Berlioz (アレキサンドル・ベルリオーズ), M.E.P. (1891.04.24 – 1927.07.25)
See also
- Roman Catholicism in Japan
Sources
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Wikisource has the text of a 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article about Diocese of Hakodate. |
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