Roman Catholic Diocese of Yokohama
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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Location | |
Country | Japan |
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 | |
Website | |
yokohama.catholic.jp |
History
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
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
Sources
References
- "Diocese of Yokohama 横浜, Japan". GCatholic. Retrieved 22 December 2018.