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Roman Catholic Diocese of Takamatsu

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
18,000 km²

Country
  
Japan

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Leo Jun Ikenaga

Pope
  
Francis

Phone
  
+81 87-831-6659

Cathedral
  
Kagawa Prefecture

Roman Catholic Diocese of Takamatsu

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2010) 4,058,752 4,910 (0.1%)

Emeritus Bishops
  
Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe Bishop Emeritus (2004-2011)

Address
  
1 Chome-8-9 Sakuramachi, Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture 760-0074, Japan

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Osaka

Similar
  
Catholic Sakuram Church, カトリック番町教会, カトリック聖母被昇天修道会, Aion Christian Church, 立正佼成会高松教会

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Takamatsu (Latin: Takamatsuensis, Japanese: カトリック高松教区) 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. The diocese is in the Ecclesiastical province of Osaka 大阪 in Japan.

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History

  • January 27, 1904: Established as the Apostolic Prefecture of Shikoku from the Diocese of Osaka
  • September 13, 1963: Promoted as the Diocese of Takamatsu

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Takamatsu
  • Bishop John the Apostle Eijiro Suwa (使徒ヨハネ諏訪榮治郎) (since June 19, 2011)
  • Bishop Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe (フランシスコ・ザビエル溝部脩), S.D.B. (May 14, 2004 - June 18, 2011)
  • Bishop Joseph Satoshi Fukahori (ヨセフ深堀 敏) (July 7, 1977 – May 14, 2004)
  • Bishop Franciscus Xaverius Eikichi Tanaka (フランシスコ・ザビエル田中英吉) (September 13, 1963 – 1977)
  • Prefects Apostolic of Shikoku
  • Cardinal Paul Yashigoro Taguchi (パウロ田口芳五郎) (November 25, 1941 – 1962)
  • Fr. Thomas de la Hoz (トマス・デ・ラ・ホス), O.P. (Apostolic Administrator 1932 – 1935)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Takamatsu Wikipedia
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