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Roman Catholic Diocese of Yokohama

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Japan

Bishop
  
Rafael Masahiro Umemura

Established
  
9 November 1937

Area
  
28,246 km²

Founded
  
9 November 1937

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Peter Takeo Okada

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Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2010) 15,823,163 56,376 (0.4%)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Yokohama

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tokyo

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yokohama (Latin: Yokohamaen(sis), Japanese: カトリック横浜教区) is a diocese located in the city of Yokohama in the Ecclesiastical province of Tokyo in Japan.

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History

  • November 11, 1937: Established as Diocese of Yokohama from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tōkyō

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Yokohama (Roman rite)
  • 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)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Yokohama Wikipedia
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