Diocese of Hiroshima
| Diocese of Hiroshima | |
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| Country | Japan |
| Ecclesiastical province | Osaka |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Osaka |
| Diocesan bishop | Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama PSS |
| founding | 1923 |
| surface | 31,819 km² |
| Parishes | 47 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 7,557,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 20,672 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 0.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 18 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 38 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 369 |
| Friars | 45 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 197 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Japanese |
| cathedral | World Peace Church |
| Website | www.hiroshima.catholic.jp |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hiroshima ( lat. : Dioecesis Hiroshimaensis , jap. カトリック広島教区 , katorikku Hiroshima Kyoku ) is in Japan situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Hiroshima .
history
The Diocese of Hiroshima was on May 4, 1923 by Pope Pius XI. Established with the Apostolic Constitution Cum ex apostolico from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Osaka as the Apostolic Vicariate of Hiroshima . The Apostolic Vicariate of Hiroshima was founded on June 30, 1959 by Pope John XXIII. with the Apostolic Constitution Qui arcano Dei raised to the diocese and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Osaka as a suffragan .
territory
The Diocese of Hiroshima comprises the Chūgoku region with the prefectures of Hiroshima , Okayama , Shimane , Tottori and Yamaguchi .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Hiroshima
- Hermann Döring SJ , 1921–1927, then Bishop of Poona
- John Peter Francis Ross SJ, 1928-1940
Bishops of Hiroshima
- Dominic Yoshimatsu Noguchi , 1959–1985
- Joseph Atsumi Misue , 1985-2011
- Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda , 2011–2014, then Archbishop of Osaka
- Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama PSS , since 2016
See also
Web links
- Entry on the website of the Bishops' Conference of Japan in Japanese and English
- Official Website (Japanese)
- Entry on the Diocese of Hiroshima on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)