Roman Catholic Diocese of Sendai
Coordinates: 38°15′49.07″N 140°52′42.41″E / 38.2636306°N 140.8784472°E
| Diocese of Sendai Dioecesis Sendaiensis カトリック仙台教区 | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| Ecclesiastical province | Tokyo |
| Metropolitan | Tokyo |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 45,951 km2 (17,742 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 7,167,150 10,949 (0.2%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul in Sendai |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Martin Tetsuo Hiraga |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Peter Takeo Okada |
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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
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)
See also
Source
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Wikisource has the text of a 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article about Diocese of Hakodate. |