Diocese of Kyoto

	Diocese of Kyoto
Basic data
Country	Japan
Ecclesiastical province	Osaka
Metropolitan bishopric	Archdiocese of Osaka
Diocesan bishop	Paul Yoshinao Ōtsuka
Emeritus diocesan bishop	Raymond Ken'ichi Tanaka
founding	1937
surface	18,097 km²
Parishes	53 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents	7,236,492 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics	18,259 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of	0.3%
Diocesan priest	14 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest	53 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest	273
Friars	60 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters	174 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Japanese
cathedral	Kawaramachi Kyōkai
Website	www.kyoto.catholic.jp

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kyoto ( lat. : Dioecesis Kyotensis , Jap. カトリック京都教区 , katorikku Kyoto Kyoku ) is in Japan situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Kyoto .

history

Kawaramachi Cathedral in Kyoto

The Diocese of Kyoto was on June 17, 1937 by Pope Pius XI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Quidquid ad spirituale from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Osaka as the Apostolic Prefecture of Kyoto . The Apostolic Prefecture of Kyoto was on July 12, 1951 by Pope Pius XII. with the Apostolic Constitution Inter supremi raised to the diocese and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Osaka as a suffragan . The Kawaramachi Cathedral was designed by the Swiss architect Karl Freuler (1912–2000) and the stained glass windows were painted by Hans Stocker

territory

The Diocese of Kyoto includes the prefectures of Kyoto , Mie , Nara and Shiga .

Ordinaries

Apostolic Prefect of Kyoto

Patrick Joseph Byrne MM , 1937-1940
Paul Yoshiyuki Furuya , 1945–1951

Bishops of Kyoto

Paul Yoshiyuki Furuya, 1951-1976
Raymond Ken'ichi Tanaka , 1976-1997
Paul Yoshinao Ōtsuka , since 1997

Web links

Entry on the website of the Bishops' Conference of Japan in Japanese and English
Homepage of the Diocese of Kyoto
Entry for the Diocese of Kyoto on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

^ Pius XI: Const. Apost. Quidquid ad spirituale , AAS 30 (1938), n.1 , p. 7f.

^ Pius XII: Const. Apost. Inter supremi , AAS 44 (1952), n.1, p. 18ff.

^ Architecture and Art: Stained Glass by Hans Stocker. Retrieved October 20, 2019 .

↑ State Archives Lucerne: Catholic Cathedral in Kyōto. Retrieved October 20, 2019 .

[1] Pius XI: Const. Apost. Quidquid ad spirituale , AAS 30 (1938), n.1 , p. 7f.

[2] Pius XII: Const. Apost. Inter supremi , AAS 44 (1952), n.1, p. 18ff.

[3] Architecture and Art: Stained Glass by Hans Stocker. Retrieved October 20, 2019 .

[4] State Archives Lucerne: Catholic Cathedral in Kyōto. Retrieved October 20, 2019 .