Roman Catholic Diocese of Sendai

38°15′49.07″N 140°52′42.41″E / 38.2636306°N 140.8784472°E / 38.2636306; 140.8784472

Diocese of Sendai

Dioecesis Sendaiensis

カトリック仙台教区
Location
CountryJapan
TerritoryMiyagi, Aomori, Fukushima, and Iwate
Ecclesiastical provinceTokyo
MetropolitanTokyo
Statistics
Area45,951 km2 (17,742 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
7,167,150
10,949 (0.2%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralCathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Sendai
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopEdgar C. Gacutan, C.I.C.M.
Metropolitan ArchbishopTarcisio Isao Kikuchi
Bishops emeritusMartin Tetsuo Hiraga
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Website
http://www.sendai.catholic.jp/

The Diocese of Sendai (Latin: Dioecesis Sendaiensis, Japanese: カトリック仙台教区) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church centered in the city of Sendai. It is within the ecclesiastical province of Archdiocese of Tokyo in Japan.

History

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On April 17, 1891, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hakodate was carved out of the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Japan. On March 9, 1936 the diocese was renamed the Diocese of Sendai.

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