Roman Catholic Diocese of Sendai

Diocese of Sendai Dioecesis Sendaiensis カトリック仙台教区
Location
Country	Japan
Metropolitan	Tokyo
Statistics
Area	45,951 km² (17,742 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 7,332,874 10,947 (0.1%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	元寺小路教会 (Motoderakoji Church)
Current leadership
Bishop	Martin Tetsuo Hiraga

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sendai (Latin: Sendaiensis, Japanese: カトリック仙台教区) is a diocese located in the city of Sendai in the Ecclesiastical province of Tokyo in Japan.

History

April 17, 1891: Established as Diocese of Hakodate from the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Japan
March 9, 1936: Renamed as Diocese of Sendai

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)