The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yokohama ( la, Yokohamaen(sis), ja, カトリック横浜教区) is a

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of the

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of the western

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of the

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. Its

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is located in the city of

Yokohama is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of T ...

. It is a

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of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tokyo in Japan and therefore in Tokyo's

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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

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, 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 Urawa, now the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saitama.

Leadership

The

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s the diocese have been: ** Bishop Rafael Masahiro Umemura (ラファエル梅村昌弘) (since 1999.03.16) **

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(ステファノ濱尾文郎) (1979.10.30 – 1998.06.15) ** Bishop Luke Katsusaburo Arai (ルカ荒井勝三郎) (1951.12.13 – 1979.10.30) ** Bishop Thomas Asagoro Wakida (トマ脇田浅五郎) (1947.03.25 – 1951.07.05) ** Cardinal Peter Tatsuo Doi (ペトロ土井辰雄) (Apostolic Administrator 1945 – 1947) ** Archbishop Jean-Baptiste-Alexis Chambon (ジャン・アレキシス・ジャンボン),

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(1937.11.09 – 1940.09.18)

Sources

GCatholic.org

References

External links

* http://www.cbcj.catholic.jp/jpn/diocese/yokohama.htm Roman Catholic dioceses in Japan Christian organizations established in 1937 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century 1937 establishments in Japan {{Asia-RC-diocese-stub

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