The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sendai ( la, Sendaiensis, ja, カトリック仙台教区) is a

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of the Western

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of the

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centered in the city of

Sendai is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Miyagi Prefecture, the largest city in the Tōhoku region. , the city had a population of 1,091,407 in 525,828 households, and is one of Japan's 20 Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, desig ...

. It is within the

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in Japan.

History

On April 17, 1891, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hakodate was carved out of the

Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Japan 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 ...

. 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

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(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

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(マリー・ジョゼフ・ルミュー) (1935.12.03 – 1941.01.16) * Bishop 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)

Sources

GCatholic.org

Diocese website

External links

* http://www.cbcj.catholic.jp/jpn/diocese/sendai.htm Roman Catholic dioceses in Japan Religious organizations established in 1891 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century 1891 establishments in Japan {{Asia-RC-diocese-stub

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