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Roman Catholic Diocese of Hiroshima

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
3,180 km²

Country
  
Japan

Pope
  
Francis

Phone
  
+81 82-221-6017

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Leo Jun Ikenaga

Roman Catholic Diocese of Hiroshima

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2006)7,677,73521,496 (0.3%)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary in Hiroshima

Address
  
4-42 Noboricho, Naka Ward, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture 730-0016, Japan

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Osaka

Similar
  
Sekaihei, カトリック祇園教会, カトリック観音町教会, カトリック三篠教会, 日本福音ルーテル広島教会

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hiroshima (Latin: Hiroshimaen(sis), Japanese: カトリック広島教区) is a diocese located in the city of Hiroshima in the Ecclesiastical province of Osaka 大阪 in Japan.

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History

  • May 4, 1923: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Hiroshima from the Diocese of Osaka
  • June 30, 1959: Promoted as Diocese of Hiroshima

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Hiroshima (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (since 2011.06.13)
  • Bishop Joseph Atsumi Misue (ヨゼフ三末篤實) (1985.03.29 - 2011.06.13)
  • Bishop Dominic Yoshimatsu Noguchi (ドミニコ野口由松) (1959.12.19 – 1985.03.29)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Hiroshima 広島 (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Johannes Ross (ヨハネス・ロス), S.J. (1928.05.18 – 1940)
  • Archbishop Heinrich Döring (ハインリヒ・デーリング), S.J. (1921.06.16 – 1927.07.14)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Hiroshima Wikipedia
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