Catholic Dioceses

in

Japan

Japan
by Typeby Nameby Ecclesiastical ProvinceVacantFormer
Ecclesiastical Jurisidictions (16)AscendingTypeChurches and Bishops
Fukuoka 福岡
Fukuokaën(sis)		DioceseCathedral of Our Lady of Victory (Daimyomachi Church) 崎津教会（イエスのみ心） Bishop Josep María Abella Batlle, C.M.F. (76) Bishop Dominic Ryōji Miyahara (70)
Hiroshima 広島
Hiroshimaën(sis)		DioceseCathedral of the Assumption of Mary (Noboricho Church) Bishop Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama, P.S.S. (63)
Kagoshima 鹿児島
Kagoshimaën(sis)		DioceseCathedral of St. Francis Xavier (Xavier Church) Bishop Francis Xavier Hiroaki Nakano (74) Bishop Paul Kenjiro Koriyama (83)
Kyoto 京都
Kyoten(sis)		DioceseCathedral of St. Francis Xavier (Kawaramachi Church) Bishop Paul Yoshinao Otsuka (71)
Nagasaki 長崎
Nagasakien(sis)		Metr. ArchdioceseCathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Urakami Church) Basilica of the Twenty-Six Holy Martyrs of Japan (Oura Church) 旧五輪教会堂 江上教会（聖ヨゼフ） 頭ヶ島教会（聖ヨセフ） 黒島教会（イエスのみ心） 大野教会（ロザリオの聖母） 出津教会（至聖なるイエズスの聖心） National Shrine of the Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan Archbishop Peter Michiaki Nakamura (63) Archbishop Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, P.S.S. (79)
Nagoya 名古屋
Nagoyën(sis)		DioceseCathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul (Nunoike Church) Bishop Michael Gorō Matsuura (73) Bishop Augustinus Jun-ichi Nomura (88)
Naha 那覇
Nahan(us)		DioceseCathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Kainan Church) Bishop Wayne Francis Berndt, O.F.M. Cap. (71) Bishop Berard Toshio Oshikawa, O.F.M. Conv. (84)
Niigata 新潟
Niigataën(sis)		DioceseCathedral of Christ the King (Niigata Church) Bishop Paul Daisuke Narui, S.V.D. (52)
Oita 大分
Oitaën(sis)		DioceseCathedral of St. Francis Xavier (Oita Church) Bishop Sulpicius Shinzo Moriyama (67)
Osaka–Takamatsu 大阪高松
Osaken(sis)–Takamatsuen(sis)		Metr. ArchdioceseCathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Tamatsukuri Church) Co-Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Sakuramachi Church) Former Cathedral of St. Therese (Shukugawa Church) Cardinal Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (76) Bishop Paul Toshihiro Sakai, Opus Dei (65) Archbishop Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J. (88)
Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Anglican Rite)
Dominæ Nostræ Meridianæ Crucis in Australia		Personal Ordinariate Bishop Anthony Randazzo (59) Msgr. Harry Entwistle (85) Msgr. Carl Leonard Reid (75) Also covers Guam Guam, Japan Japan.
Saitama さいたま
Saitamæn(sis)		DioceseCathedral of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus (Urawa Church) Bishop Mario Michiaki Yamanouchi, S.D.B. (70) Bishop Marcellino Taiji Tani (72)
Sapporo 札幌
Sapporen(sis)		DioceseCathedral of the Guardian Angels (Kitaiciho Church) Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception (Motomachi Church) Bishop Bernard Taiji Katsuya (70)
Sendai 仙台
Sendaien(sis)		DioceseCathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul (Motoderakoji Church) Bishop Edgar Cuntapay Gacutan, C.I.C.M. (61) Bishop Martin Tetsuo Hiraga (81)
Tokyo 東京
Tokien(sis)		Metr. ArchdioceseCathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception (Sekiguchi Church) Former Cathedral of St. Joseph Cardinal Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D. (67) Bishop Andrea Lembo, P.I.M.E. (51) Bishop James Kazuo Koda (70)
Yokohama 横浜
Yokohamaën(sis)		DioceseCathedral of the Sacred Heart (Yamate Church) Bishop Rafael Masahiro Umemura (73) Seat at Nagasaki 長崎 1866–1876

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