Roman Catholic Diocese of Yokohama

Diocese of Yokohama Dioecesis Yokohamaensis カトリック横浜教区
Location
Country	Japan
Metropolitan	Tokyo
Statistics
Area	28,245 km2 (10,905 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 15,596,956 53,514 (0.3%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	山手教会 (Yamate Church)
Current leadership
Bishop	Rafael Masahiro Umemura

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yokohama (Latin: Yokohamaen(sis), Japanese: カトリック横浜教区) is a diocese located in the city of Yokohama in the Ecclesiastical province of Tokyo in Japan.

History

• November 11, 1937: Established as Diocese of Yokohama from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tōkyō

Leadership

• Bishops of Yokohama (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Rafael Masahiro Umemura (ラファエル梅村昌弘) (since 1999.03.16)
  • Cardinal Stephen Fumio Hamao (ステファノ濱尾文郎) (1979.10.30 – 1998.06.15)
  • Bishop Luke Katsusaburo Arai (ルカ荒井勝三郎) (1951.12.13 – 1979.10.30)
  • Bishop Thomas Asagoro Wakida (トマ脇田浅五郎) (1947.03.25 – 1951.07.05)
  • Cardinal Peter Tatsuo Doi (ペトロ土井辰雄) (Apostolic Administrator 1945 – 1947)
  • Archbishop Jean-Baptiste-Alexis Chambon (ジャン・アレキシス・ジャンボン), M.E.P. (1937.11.09 – 1940.09.18)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Japan

Source

• Giga-Catholic Information
• Catholic Hierarchy

External links

• http://www.cbcj.catholic.jp/jpn/diocese/yokohama.htm

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