The Diocese of Yokohama (Latin: Dioecesis Yokohamaensis, Japanese: カトリック横浜教区) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church. Its cathedral is located in the city of Yokohama. It is a suffragan diocese of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tokyo in Japan and therefore in Tokyo's ecclesiastical province.
Diocese of Yokohama Dioecesis Yokohamaensis カトリック横浜教区 | |
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 Cathedral of Yokohama | |
| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| Territory | Kanagawa, Shizuoka, Nagano, and Yamanashi |
| Ecclesiastical province | Tokyo |
| Metropolitan | Tokyo |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 28,246 km2 (10,906 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2015) 15,763,428 55,723 (0.4%) |
| Parishes | 93 |
| Information | |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 9 November 1937 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Yokohama |
| Secular priests | 46 diocesan (and 54 religious) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Rafael Masahiro Umemura |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| yokohama.catholic.jp | |
History edit
There have been two dioceses in Yokohama. On January 5, 1846, the Apostolic Vicariate of Japan was established.[1] This became the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Japan in 1876 and then was suppressed in 1891 to establish the Archdiocese of Tokyo.[1]
On November 11, 1937, the Diocese of Yokohama was erected out of territory of the Archdiocese of Tokyo. The new diocese covered eight prefectures of Japan: Kanagawa, Ibaraki, 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 edit
The Bishops of the diocese have been:
- 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)
See also edit
Sources edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Diocese of Yokohama 横浜, Japan". GCatholic. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
External links edit
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