Roman Catholic Diocese of Yokohama

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Diocese of Yokohama 横浜
Dioecesis Yokohamaensis

Statistics
Country:	Japan
Metropolitan:	Tokyo
Rite:	Latin Rite
Area:	28,245 km²
Population:   Total:   Catholics:	15,596,956 (2004) 53,514 (0.3%)
Cathedral:	山手教会 (Yamate Church)
Ordinaries
Bishop:	Rafael Masahiro Umemura

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

Contents 1 History 2 Leadership 3 See also 4 Source

[edit] History

• November 11, 1937: Established as Diocese of Yokohama from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tōkyō

[edit] Leadership

• Bishops of Yokohama (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Rafael Masahiro Umemura (ラファエル梅村昌弘) (since 1999.03.16)
  • Cardinal Stephen Fumio Hamao (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), M.E.P. (1937.11.09 – 1940.09.18)

[edit] See also

• Roman Catholicism in Japan

[edit] Source

• Giga-Catholic Information
• Catholic Hierarchy