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List Of Catholic Dioceses In Japan
The episcopate of the Catholic Church in Japan consists solely of a Latin hierarchy, joined in the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Japan. It comprises sixteen ecclesiastical territories, called (arch)dioceses, led by residential prelate bishops: three archdioceses, led by Metropolitan Archbishops, whose ecclesiastical provinces of the Roman Catholic Church include a total of thirteen suffragan sees. There are no Eastern Catholic, pre-diocesan or other exempt jurisdictions. There are no titular sees. All defunct jurisdictions have current successor sees. There is an Apostolic Nunciature to Japan as papal diplomatic representation at embassy-level in national capital Tokyo. Current Latin dioceses Ecclesiastical Province of Nagasaki * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nagasaki **Diocese of Fukuoka ** Diocese of Kagoshima ** Diocese of Naha ** Diocese of Oita Ecclesiastical Province of Osaka * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Osaka ** Diocese of Hiroshima ** Diocese of Kyoto * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholicism In Japan
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Osaka
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Osaka ( la, Archidiocesis Osakensis, ja, カトリック大阪大司教区, Katorikku Oosaka Daishikyouku) is an archdiocese located in the city of Osaka in Japan. History * March 20, 1888: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Central Japan from the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Japan * June 15, 1891: Promoted as Diocese of Osaka * June 24, 1969: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Osaka Leadership * Archbishops of Osaka (Roman rite) ** Cardinal Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (トマス・アクィナス前田万葉) (since August 20, 2014) ** Archbishop Leo Jun Ikenaga (レオ池長潤), S.J. (May 10, 1997 – August 20, 2014) ** Archbishop Paul Hisao Yasuda (パウロ安田久雄) (November 15, 1978 – May 10, 1997) ** Cardinal Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi (パウロ田口芳五郎) (June 24, 1969 – February 23, 1978) * Bishops of Osaka 大阪 (Roman rite) ** Cardinal Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi (パウロ田口芳五郎) (1941.11.25 – 1969.06. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Dioceses In Japan
The episcopate of the Catholic Church in Japan consists solely of a Latin hierarchy, joined in the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Japan. It comprises sixteen ecclesiastical territories, called (arch)dioceses, led by residential prelate bishops: three archdioceses, led by Metropolitan Archbishops, whose ecclesiastical provinces of the Roman Catholic Church include a total of thirteen suffragan sees. There are no Eastern Catholic, pre-diocesan or other exempt jurisdictions. There are no titular sees. All defunct jurisdictions have current successor sees. There is an Apostolic Nunciature to Japan as papal diplomatic representation at embassy-level in national capital Tokyo. Current Latin dioceses Ecclesiastical Province of Nagasaki * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nagasaki **Diocese of Fukuoka ** Diocese of Kagoshima ** Diocese of Naha ** Diocese of Oita Ecclesiastical Province of Osaka * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Osaka ** Diocese of Hiroshima ** Diocese of Kyoto ** D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catholicism In Japan
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List Of Catholic Dioceses (structured View)
As of October 5, 2021, the Catholic Church in its entirety comprises 3,171 ecclesiastical jurisdictions, including over 652 archdioceses and 2,248 dioceses, as well as apostolic vicariates, apostolic exarchates, apostolic administrations, apostolic prefectures, military ordinariates, personal ordinariates, personal prelatures, territorial prelatures, territorial abbacies and missions ''sui juris'' around the world. In addition to these jurisdictions, there are 2,100 titular sees (bishoprics, archbishoprics and metropolitanates). This is a structural list to show the relationships of each diocese to one another, grouped by ecclesiastical province, within each episcopal conference, within each continent or other geographical area. The list needs regular updating and is incomplete, but as articles are written, more will be added, and various aspects need to be regularly updated. Map Types of Catholic dioceses This refers to Catholic dioceses in the world, of all (Latin o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Yokohama
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yokohama ( la, Yokohamaen(sis), ja, カトリック横浜教区) is a diocese of the Roman Rite of the western Latin Church of the Catholic Church. Its cathedral is located in the city of Yokohama. It is a suffragan diocese of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tokyo in Japan and therefore in Tokyo's ecclesiastical province. History There have been two dioceses in Yokohama. On January 5, 1846, the Apostolic Vicariate of Japan was established. This became the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Japan in 1876 and then was suppressed in 1891 to establish the Archdiocese of Tokyo. On November 11, 1937, the Diocese of Yokohama was erected out of territory of the Archdiocese of Tokyo. The new diocese covered eight prefectures of Japan: Kanagawa, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gumma, Saitama, Yamanashi, Nagano and Shizuoka. On January 4, 1939, four of those prefectures – Saitama, Ibaraki, Tochigi and Gumma – were moved to the newly formed Apostolic Prefecture of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Sendai
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sendai ( la, Sendaiensis, ja, 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. 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 *Bishop of Sendai: ** Bishop Edgar Cuntapay Gacutan, C.I.C.M. (08 December 2021 – present) ** 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 Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Sapporo
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sapporo is a diocese belonging to the Roman Catholic church, under the Papal Primacy of Pope Francis, which is located in Sapporo, Japan. The diocese was formerly established as the Apostolic Prefecture of Sapporo on February 12, 1915. It was later lifted to the title of Apostolic Vicariate of Sapporo on March 30, 1929. Twenty-three years later, it was lifted to its current state, the Diocese of Sapporo, on December 11, 1952. This diocese under the Archdiocese of Tokyo, which is the metropolitan territory governing the Diocese of Sapporo and other diocesan territories, led by its archbishop, Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi. The diocesan seat of the bishop of Sapporo is the Guardian Angels Cathedral. The current bishop is Bernard Taiji Katsuya. History Foundations Roman Catholicism was established by Jesuit Missionaries, led by St. Francis Xavier who was a Jesuit Himself. The establishment of Catholicism by St Francis Xavier happened six years after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Saitama
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saitama ( la, Saitamaen(sis), ja, カトリックさいたま教区) is a diocese located in the city of Saitama in the Ecclesiastical province of Tokyo in Japan. History * January 4, 1939: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Urawa from the Diocese of Yokohama * December 16, 1957: Promoted as Diocese of Urawa * March 31, 2003: Renamed as Diocese of Saitama * June 2, 2018: Appointment of Rev. Don Mario Michiaki Yamanouchi, S.D.B. Leadership * Bishops of Saitama (Roman rite) **Bishop Mario Michiaki Yamanouchi, SDB (マリオ山野内倫) (2018.06.02 – present) ** Bishop Marcellino Taiji Tani (マルセリーノ谷大二) (2000.05.10 -Resigned 2013.07.27) * Bishops of Urawa (Roman rite) ** Archbishop Peter Takeo Okada (ペトロ岡田武夫) (1991.04.15 – 2000.02.17) ** Archbishop Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto (フランシスコ・ザビエル島本要), Ist. del Prado (1979.12.20 – 1990.02.08) ** Bishop Laurentius Satoshi Nagae (ラ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Niigata
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Niigata ( la, Niigataën(sis), Japanese: カトリック新潟教区 ) is a diocese located in the city of Niigata in the Ecclesiastical province of Tokyo in Japan. The apparitions of Our Lady of Akita were within its territory and Bishop John Shojiro Ito initially approved the apparitions in 1984. History French botanist Father Urbain Faurie was one of the early missionaries to the Niigata area, who arrived in Japan in July 1873. On August 13, 1912, the Apostolic Prefecture of Niigata was established from part of the Diocese of Hakodate. The first Apostolic Prefect was Msgr. Joseph Reiners S.V.D. of the Society of the Divine Word. On April 16, 1962 the Prefecture was raised to a Diocese; the first bishop was John Shojiro Ito. In 1984, the Grey Nuns of the Cross (Sisters of Charity of Ottawa) established the Élisabeth Bruyère Convent in the city of Yamagata, where they worked closely with the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. The sisters' apos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Tokyo
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tokyo ( la, Archidioecesis Tokiensis, ja, カトリック東京大司教区) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Japan. It was erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Japan on May 1, 1846, by Pope Gregory XVI, and its name was later changed by Pope Pius IX to the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Japan on May 22, 1876. It was elevated to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tokyo by Pope Leo XIII on June 15, 1891, with the suffragan sees of Niigata, Saitama, Sapporo, Sendai, and Yokohama. Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D., previously serving as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Niigata, was appointed Archbishop of the Tokyo Archdiocese on October 25, 2017. History The Evangelization of Japan starts in 1549 with the arrival of Saint Francis Xavier and goes on until 1587 when Toyotomi Hideyoshi issued the edict forbidding Christianity and ordering all missionaries to leave Japan. In the following year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Takamatsu
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Takamatsu ( la, Takamatsuensis, ja, カトリック高松教区) is a diocese comprising the island of Shikoku, with its cathedral, Sakuramachi Cathedral Church, located in the city of Takamatsu. It includes the Japanese prefectures of Kagawa, Ehime, Tokushima and Kōchi. at CBCJ webpage. Accessed 2011-10-28. The diocese is in the of Osaka 大阪 in Japan. History * January 27, 1904: Established as the |
