roman, catholic, diocese, yokohama, nippon, diocese, anglican, diocese, yokohama, diocese, yokohama, latin, dioecesis, yokohamaensis, japanese, カトリック横浜教区, latin, church, diocese, catholic, church, cathedral, located, city, yokohama, suffragan, diocese, roman, . For the Nippon Sei Ko Kai diocese see Anglican 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 YokohamaDioecesis Yokohamaensisカトリック横浜教区Cathedral of YokohamaLocationCountryJapanEcclesiastical provinceTokyoMetropolitanTokyoStatisticsArea28 246 km2 10 906 sq mi Population Total Catholics as of 2015 15 763 42855 723 0 4 Parishes93InformationSui iuris churchLatin ChurchRiteRoman RiteEstablished9 November 1937CathedralCathedral of the Sacred Heart in YokohamaSecular priests46 diocesan and 54 religious Current leadershipPopeFrancisBishopRafael Masahiro UmemuraMetropolitan ArchbishopTarcisio Isao KikuchiMapWebsiteyokohama catholic jp Contents 1 History 2 Leadership 3 See also 4 Sources 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThere 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 editThe 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 editRoman Catholicism in JapanSources editGCatholic org Catholic HierarchyReferences edit a b Diocese of Yokohama 横浜 Japan GCatholic Retrieved 22 December 2018 External links edithttp www cbcj catholic jp jpn diocese yokohama htm35 26 00 N 139 37 59 E 35 4333 N 139 6330 E 35 4333 139 6330 nbsp This article related to religion in Japan is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article on a Roman Catholic diocese in Asia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roman Catholic Diocese of Yokohama amp oldid 1181817437, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
