Roman Catholic Diocese of Sendai

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Diocese of Sendai 仙台
Dioecesis Sendaiensis

Statistics
Country:	Japan
Metropolitan:	Tokyo
Rite:	Latin Rite
Area:	45,951 km²
Population:   Total:   Catholics:	7,332,874 (2004) 10,947 (0.1%)
Cathedral:	元寺小路教会 (Motoderakoji Church)
Ordinaries
Bishop:	Martin Tetsuo Hiraga

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sendai {Latin: Sendaien(sis), Japanese: 仙台 } is a diocese located in the city of Sendai in the Ecclesiastical province of Tokyo in Japan.

Contents 1 History 2 Leadership 3 See also 4 Source

[edit] History

• April 17, 1891: Established as Diocese of Hakodate from the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Japan

March 9, 1936: Renamed as Diocese of Sendai

[edit] Leadership

• Bishops of Sendai (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Martin Tetsuo Hiraga (マルチノ平賀徹夫) (since 2005.12.10)
  • 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)
• Bishops of Hakodate (Roman rite)
  • 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)

[edit] See also

• Roman Catholicism in Japan

[edit] Source

• Giga-Catholic Information
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website