Roman Catholic Diocese of Sendai

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.

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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)

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