Roman Catholic Diocese of Sendai

Diocese of Sendai

*Dioecesis Sendaiensis*

カトリック仙台教区
Diocese of Sendai; Dioecesis Sendaiensis; カトリック仙台教区
Location
Country	Japan
Ecclesiastical province	Tokyo
Metropolitan	Tokyo
Statistics
Area	45,951 km2 (17,742 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2010); 7,167,150; 10,949 (0.2%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Peter Takeo Okada
Map
Website
	http://www.sendai.catholic.jp/

Coordinates: 38°15′49.07″N 140°52′42.41″E / 38.2636306°N 140.8784472°E / 38.2636306; 140.8784472

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sendai (Latin: Sendaiensis, Japanese: カトリック仙台教区) is a diocese of the Western Latin Church of the Catholic Church centered in the city of Sendai. It is within the ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tokyo in Japan.

History[]

On April 17, 1891, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hakodate was carved out of the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Japan. On March 9, 1936 the diocese was renamed the Diocese of Sendai.

Leadership[]

As "Bishops of Sendai":
- Bishop Martin Tetsuo Hiraga (マルチノ平賀徹夫) (10 December 2005 – 18 March 2020)
- Bishop Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe (フランシスコ・ザビエル溝部脩), S.D.B. (2000.05.10 – 2004.05.14)
- Bishop (ライムンド佐藤千敬), O.P. (1976.01.24 – 1998.06.19)
- Bishop (ペトロ小林有方) (1954.02.21 – 1976.01.24)
- Bishop (ミカエル浦川和三郎) (1941.11.20 – 1954)
- Archbishop Marie-Joseph Lemieux (マリー・ジョゼフ・ルミュー) (1935.12.03 – 1941.01.16)
As "Bishops of Hakodate":
- Fr. , O.P. (Apostolic Administrator 1931 – 1936)
- Bishop (アレキサンドル・ベルリオーズ), M.E.P. (1891.04.24 – 1927.07.25)