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
Location
CountryJapan
Ecclesiastical provinceTokyo
MetropolitanTokyo
Statistics
Area45,951 km2 (17,742 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2010)
7,167,150
10,949 (0.2%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralCathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Sendai
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopPeter Takeo Okada
Map
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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