Diocese of Yokohama 横浜, Japan

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Yokohama 横浜 / Yokohamaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Tokyo 東京

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Notes: Seat at Nagasaki 長崎 1866–1876

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Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: November 23

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1846.05.01: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Japan 日本 / Iaponen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Korea 조선)
1876.05.22: Suppressed (to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Japan 日本北緯 and Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Japan 日本南緯)
1937.11.09: Restored as Diocese of Yokohama 横浜 / Yokohamaën(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tokyo 東京 and became suffragan of Tokyo 東京)
1939.01.04: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Urawa 浦和

Present Prelates

Bishop (1999.03.16 – ...):

Bishop Rafael Masahiro Umemura (ラファエル梅村昌弘) (72)

Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan

Ordinaries

Bishops of Yokohama 横浜 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Rafael Masahiro Umemura (ラファエル梅村昌弘) (72)
(1999.03.16 – ...)

Bishop of Yokohama 横浜 (Japan)
Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan

Communio Communionum

Born:	1952.06.14 (Yokohama, 神奈川県, Japan)
Ordained Priest:	1985.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.05.15

Priest of Yokohama 横浜 (Japan) (1985.03.25 – 1999.03.16)

Bishop of Yokohama 横浜 (Japan) (1999.03.16 – ...)

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

Bishop Stephen Fumio Hamao (ステファノ濱尾文郎) (later Cardinal)
(1979.10.30 – 1998.06.15)

Adveniat regnum tuum

Born:	1930.03.09 (Tōkyō, 東京都, Japan)
Ordained Priest:	1957.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.04.29
Created Cardinal:	2003.10.21
Died:	2007.11.08 (Tōkyō, 東京都, Japan † 77)

Priest of Tokyo 東京 (Japan) (1957.12.21 – 1970.02.05)

Titular Bishop of Oreto (1970.02.05 – 1979.10.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan) (1970.02.05 – 1979.10.30)

Bishop of Yokohama 横浜 (Japan) (1979.10.30 – 1998.06.15)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan (1995 – 1998)

Archbishop ad personam (1998.06.15 – 2003.10.21)

President of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People (1998.06.15 – 2006.03.11)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana (2003.10.21 [2003.12.14] – 2007.11.08)

Bishop Luke Katsusaburo Arai (ルカ荒井勝三郎)
(1951.12.13 – 1979.10.30)

Born:	1904.10.17 (Utsunomiya, 栃木県, Japan)
Ordained Priest:	1930.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1952.02.24
Died:	1990.07.25 (Kamakura, 神奈川県, Japan † 85)

Bishop of Yokohama 横浜 (Japan) (1951.12.13 – 1979.10.30)

Bishop Thomas Asagoro Wakida (トマ脇田浅五郎)
(1947.03.25 – 1951.07.05)

Born:	1881.10.26 (Hisaka, 長崎県, Japan)
Ordained Priest:	1909.07.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1947.05.27
Died:	1965.03.16 († 83)

Apostolic Administrator of Kwoszu (South Korea) (1943.02.07 – 1945.09.16)

Bishop of Yokohama 横浜 (Japan) (1947.03.25 – 1951.07.05)

Titular Bishop of Iamnia (1951.07.05 – 1965.03.16)

Archbishop Peter Tatsuo Doi (ペトロ土井辰雄) (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator 1945 – 1947)

Msgr. Lawrence Tatewaki Toda (ラウレンチオ戸田帯刀)
(Apostolic Administrator 1944 – 1945)

Msgr. Joachim Miyoichi Ideguchi (ヨアキム井手口三代市)
(Apostolic Administrator 1941 – 1943)

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)

Born:	1875.03.17 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1899.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1927.05.04
Died:	1948.09.08 († 73)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan) (1927.03.16 – 1937.11.09)

Archbishop-Bishop of Yokohama 横浜 (Japan) (1937.11.09 – 1940.09.18)

Titular Archbishop of Amorium (1940.11.12 – 1948.09.08)

Vicars Apostolic of Japan 日本 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Bernard-Thadée Petitjean (ベルナール・プチジャン), M.E.P.
(1866.05.11 – 1876.05.22)

Born:	1829.06.14 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1853.05.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1866.10.21
Died:	1884.10.07 († 55)

Vicar Apostolic of Japan 日本 (Japan) (1866.05.11 – 1876.05.22)

Titular Bishop of Myriophytos (1866.05.11 – 1884.10.07)

Vicar Apostolic of Southern Japan 日本南緯 (Japan) (1876.05.22 – 1884.10.07)

Fr. C. Colin, M.E.P.
(1852 – 1854.05.23 not possessed)

Born:	(France)
Died:	1854.05.23

Vicar Apostolic of Japan 日本 (Japan) (1852 – 1854.05.23 not possessed)

Bishop Théodore-Augustin Forcade (テオドール＝オギュスタン・フォルカード / 科), M.E.P. (later Archbishop)
(1846.03.27 – 1852.01)

Fortitudo mea Dominus

Born:	1816.03.02 (Versailles, France)
Ordained Priest:	1839.03.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1847.02.21
Died:	1885.09.12 (Aix-en-Provence, France † 69)

Vicar Apostolic of Japan 日本 (Japan) (1846.03.27 – 1852.01)

Titular Bishop of Samos (1846.03.27 – 1853.04.06)

Pro-Prefect Apostolic of Hong Kong 香港 (Hong Kong) (1847.10.05 – 1850.08.24)

Bishop of Guadeloupe et Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe) ([1853.04.06] 1853.09.12 – 1860.12.11)

Bishop of Nevers (France) ([1860.12.11] 1861.03.18 – 1873.03.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aix (France) ([1873.03.21] 1873.07.25 – 1885.09.12)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph-Marie Laucaigne, M.E.P. (1873.10.03 – 1885.01.18)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Sacred Heart (Yamate Church), 横浜 (Yokohama), 神奈川県, 関東地方
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (97)

Nagoya 名古屋 (←), Niigata 新潟 (↖), Saitama さいたま (↑), Tokyo 東京 (↗)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 28,220 km²

Population: 52,929 Catholics (0.3% of 15,637,105 total)

Pastoral Centres: 89 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 94 priests (53 diocesan, 41 religious), 497 religious (45 brothers, 452 sisters), 6 seminarians