Roman Catholic Diocese of Kyoto
Appearance
Diocese of Kyoto Dioecesis Kyotensis カトリック | |
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Location | |
Country | Japan |
Territory | Kyoto, Shiga, Nara, and Mie |
Ecclesiastical province | Osaka |
Metropolitan | Osaka |
Statistics | |
Area | 18,095 km2 (6,987 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 7,314,195 19,198 (0.3%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral | St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Kyoto |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Paul Yoshinao Otsuka |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda |
Map | |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Diocese of Kyoto (Latin: Dioecesis Kyotensis, Japanese: カトリック
On June 17, 1937, Apostolic Prefecture of Kyoto was established from the territory of the Diocese of Osaka.
On July 12, 1951, the apostolic prefecture was raised to a diocese by Pope Pius XII through the papal bull "Inter supremi".
The diocese's cathedral is the St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Kyoto dedicated in November 1972.
Leadership
[edit]- Bishops of Kyoto (Roman rite)
- Bishop Paul Yoshinao Otsuka (パウロ
大塚 喜 直 ) (since 1997.03.03) - Bishop Raymond Ken’ichi Tanaka (ライムンド
田中 健一 ) (1976.07.08 – 1997.03.03) - Bishop Paul Yoshiyuki Furuya (パウロ
古屋 義之 ) (1951.07.12 – 1976.07.08)
- Bishop Paul Yoshinao Otsuka (パウロ
- Prefects Apostolic of Kyoto
京都 (Roman rite)- Bishop Paul Yoshiyuki Furuya (パウロ
古屋 義之 ) (1940 – 1951.07.12) - Bishop Patrick Joseph Byrne (パトリック・バーン / 방 파트리치오), M.M. (1937.03.19 – 1940.10.10)
- Bishop Paul Yoshiyuki Furuya (パウロ
See also
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