Diocese of Takamatsu
| Diocese of Takamatsu | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Japan |
| Ecclesiastical province | Osaka |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Osaka |
| Diocesan bishop | John Eijirō Suwa |
| Vicar General | Ismael Gonzalez |
| founding | 1904 |
| surface | 18,803 km² |
| Parishes | 26 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 3,991,819 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 4,539 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 0.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 11 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 26 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 123 |
| Permanent deacons | 2 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Friars | 27 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 62 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Japanese |
| cathedral | Sakuramachi Kyōkai |
| address | 1-8-9, Sakura-machi Takamatsu-shi Kagawa-kin 760-0074 Japan |
| Website | www.takamatsu.catholic.ne.jp |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Takamatsu ( lat. : Dioecesis Takamatsuensis , Jap. カトリック高松教区 , katorikku Takamatsu Kyoku ) is in Japan situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Takamatsu .
history
The Diocese of Takamatsu was established on January 27, 1904 by Pope Pius X. from cession of territory from the Diocese of Osaka as the Apostolic Prefecture of Shikoku . The Shikoku Apostolic Prefecture was founded on September 13, 1963 by Pope Paul VI. raised to the diocese and renamed the diocese Takamatsu . The Diocese of Takamatsu is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Osaka as a suffragan .
The diocese of Takamatsu includes the island of Shikoku with the prefectures of Ehime , Kagawa , Kōchi and Tokushima .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Shikoku
- Joseph Maria Alvarez OP , 1904–1931
- Modesto Perez OP, 1935-1940
Bishops of Takamatsu
- Franciscus Xaverius Eikichi Tanaka , 1963-1977
- Joseph Satoshi Fukahori , 1977-2004
- Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe SDS , 2004–2011
- John Eijirō Suwa , since 2011 (appointed)
See also
Web links
- Entry on the website of the Bishops' Conference of Japan in Japanese and English
- Homepage of the Diocese of Takamatsu (Japanese)
- Entry on the Diocese of Takamatsu on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Shikokuensis (Takamatsuensis), Constitutio Apostolica, Praefectura apostolica Shikokuensis ad gradum extollitur dioecesis, nomine indicto "Takamatsuensis" . In: Acta Apostolicae Sedis . Vol.LVI, No. 9 . Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1964, p. 549-550 ( online ).