Diocese of Yokohama
| Diocese of Yokohama | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Japan |
| Ecclesiastical province | Tokyo |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Tokyo |
| Diocesan bishop | Rafael Masahiro Umemura |
| founding | November 9, 1937 |
| surface | 26,977 km² |
| Parishes | 95 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 15,922,634 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 54.906 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 0.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 47 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 58 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 523 |
| Friars | 77 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 571 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Japanese |
| cathedral | Yamate Kyōkai (Heart of Jesus) |
| Website | http://www.yokohama.catholic.jp/ |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yokohama ( lat. : Dioecesis Yokohamaensis , jap. カトリック横浜教区 , katorikku Yokohama Kyoku ) is in Japan situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Yokohama . It includes the prefectures of Kanagawa, Nagano, Shizuoka, and Yamanashi.
history
Pope Pius XI founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Quod iamdiu on November 9, 1937 from cession of territory of the Archdiocese of Tokyo , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese.
On January 4, 1939, it lost part of its territory to the Urawa Apostolic Prefecture .
Bishops of Yokohama
- Jean-Baptiste-Alix Chambon MEP (November 9, 1937 - September 18, 1940)
- Thomas Asagoro Wakida (March 25, 1947 - July 5, 1951)
- Lucas Katsusaburo Arai (December 13, 1951 - October 30, 1979)
- Stephen Fumio Hamao (October 30, 1979 - June 15, 1998)
- Rafael Masahiro Umemura (since March 16, 1999)
See also
Web links
- Entry on the website of the Bishops' Conference of Japan in Japanese and English
- Entry on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry about the diocese of Yokohama on Giga-Catholic (English)
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