List of the Roman Catholic dioceses of Japan
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Roman Catholicism in Japan
The Roman Catholic Church in Japan is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome. There are approximately 509,000 Catholics in Japan—just under 0.5% of the total population. There are 16 dioceses, including three archdioceses with 1589...
is divided into sixteen ecclesiastical territories, called diocese
Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
s, led by prelate
Prelate
A prelate is a high-ranking member of the clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin prælatus, the past participle of præferre, which means "carry before", "be set above or over" or "prefer"; hence, a prelate is one set over others.-Related...
bishop
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
s. Dioceses led by archbishop
Archbishop
An archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...
s are called archdioceses. There are three archdioceses which serve as the seats of three metropolitan provinces of the Roman Catholic Church.
Ecclesiastical Province of Nagasaki
Ecclesiastical Province of Osaka
- Archdiocese of Osaka
- Diocese of Hiroshima
- Diocese of Kyoto
- Diocese of Nagoya
- Diocese of TakamatsuRoman Catholic Diocese of TakamatsuThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Takamatsu is a diocese comprising the island of Shikoku, with its cathedral, Sakuramachi Cathedral Church, located in the city of Takamatsu. It includes the Japanese prefectures of Kagawa, Ehime, Tokushima and Kōchi...
Ecclesiastical Province of Tokyo
- Archdiocese of TokyoRoman Catholic Archdiocese of TokyoThe Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tokyo is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Japan. It was erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Japan on May 1, 1846 by Pope Gregory XVI, and its name was later changed by Pope Pius IX to the Apostolic Vicariate of...
- Diocese of Niigata
- Diocese of Saitama
- Diocese of Sapporo
- Diocese of SendaiRoman Catholic Diocese of SendaiThe Roman Catholic Diocese of Sendai 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...
- Diocese of Yokohama
Resources
- List of Japanese dioceses by Giga-Catholic Information
- Catholic Hierarchy Profile of the Catholic Church in Japan