Roman Catholic Diocese of Yokohama

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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
Cathedral of Yokohama
Location
CountryJapan
TerritoryKanagawa, Shizuoka, Nagano, and Yamanashi
Ecclesiastical provinceTokyo
MetropolitanTokyo
Statistics
Area28,246 km2 (10,906 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2015)
15,763,428
55,723 (0.4%)
Parishes93
Information
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established9 November 1937
CathedralCathedral of the Sacred Heart in Yokohama
Secular priests46 diocesan (and 54 religious)
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopRafael Masahiro Umemura
Metropolitan ArchbishopTarcisio Isao Kikuchi
Map
Website
yokohama.catholic.jp

History

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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

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The Bishops of the diocese have been:

See also

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Sources

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Diocese of Yokohama 横浜, Japan". GCatholic. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
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