Diocese of Hiroshima 広島, Japan

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Hiroshima 広島 / 廣島 (正體中文) / Hiroshimaën(sis) (Latin)

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Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: August 6

1923.05.04: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Hiroshima 広島 / 廣島 (正體中文) / Hiroshimaën(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Osaka 大阪 and became suffragan of Tokyo 東京)
1959.06.30: Promoted as Diocese of Hiroshima 広島 / 廣島 (正體中文) / Hiroshimaën(sis) (Latin)
1969.06.24: Became suffragan of Osaka 大阪

Bishop (2016.06.28 – ...):

Bishop Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama (アレキシオ白浜満), P.S.S. (62)

Bishops of Hiroshima 広島 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama (アレキシオ白浜満), P.S.S. (62)
(2016.06.28 – ...)

Bishop of Hiroshima 広島 (Japan)

Bishop of Hiroshima 広島 (Japan) (2016.06.28 – ...)

Bishop Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (トマス・アクィナス前田万葉) (75) (later Cardinal)
(2011.06.13 – 2014.08.20)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana
Metropolitan Archbishop of Osaka–Takamatsu 大阪高松 (Japan)

Priest of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan) (1975.03.19 – 2011.06.13)

Bishop of Hiroshima 広島 (Japan) (2011.06.13 – 2014.08.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan) (2014.08.20 – 2023.08.15)

Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan (2016.06.17 – 2022.02.14)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana (2018.06.28 [2018.12.16] – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Osaka–Takamatsu 大阪高松 (Japan) (2023.08.15 – ...)

Bishop Joseph Atsumi Misue (ヨゼフ三末篤實)
(1985.03.29 – 2011.06.13)

Bishop of Hiroshima 広島 (Japan) (1985.03.29 – 2011.06.13)

Bishop Dominic Yoshimatsu Noguchi (ドミニコ野口由松)
(1959.12.19 – 1985.03.29)

Bishop of Hiroshima 広島 (Japan) (1959.12.19 – 1985.03.29)

Vicars Apostolic of Hiroshima 広島 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Johannes Ross (ヨハネス・ロス), S.J.
(1928.05.18 – 1940)