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 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 designated cities. The city was founded in 1600 by the ''daimyō'' Date M ...

. It is within the

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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),

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(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) * 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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