Diocese of Sapporo
| Diocese of Sapporo | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Japan |
| Ecclesiastical province | Tokyo |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Tokyo |
| Diocesan bishop | Bernard Taiji Katsuya |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Peter Toshio Jinushi |
| founding | 1915 |
| surface | 83,456 km² |
| Parishes | 61 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 5,441,621 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 16,919 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 0.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 20 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 38 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 292 |
| Friars | 62 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 277 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Japanese |
| cathedral | Kitaichijō Kyōkai |
| Website | www.csd.or.jp |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sapporo ( lat. : Dioecesis Sapporensis , jap. カトリック仙台教区 , katorikku Sapporo Kyoku ) is in Japan situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Sapporo .
history
Pope Benedict XV founded the Apostolic Prefecture Sapporo on February 12, 1915, out of territory from the Diocese of Hakodate . With the Breve Ad animorum it was raised on March 30, 1929 to the Apostolic Vicariate , which was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Tokyo as a suffragan diocese.
On July 18, 1932, it lost part of its territory for the establishment of the Mission sui iuris Karafuto . It was raised to a diocese on December 11, 1952, which was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Tokyo as a suffragan diocese.
territory
The diocese of Sapporo includes the prefecture of Hokkaidō , ie the entire island of Hokkaidō .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Sapporo
- Joseph Wenzel Kinold OFM (April 13, 1915 - March 30, 1929)
Vicar Apostolic of Sapporo
- Joseph Wenzel Kinold OFM (March 30, 1929 - November 1940)
Bishops of Sapporo
- Benedict Takahiko Tomizawa (December 11, 1952 - October 3, 1987)
- Peter Toshio Jinushi (October 3, 1987 - November 17, 2009)
- Bernard Taiji Katsuya (since June 22, 2013)
See also
Web links
- Entry on the website of the Bishops' Conference of Japan in Japanese and English
- Entry on the diocese of Sapporo on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry about the diocese of Sapporo on Giga-Catholic (English)