Diocese of Sendai

Latin Catholic diocese in Japan

Diocese of Sendai Dioecesis Sendaiensis カトリック仙台教区

Location
Country	Japan
Territory	Miyagi, Aomori, Fukushima, and Iwate
Ecclesiastical province	Tokyo
Metropolitan	Tokyo
Statistics
Area	45,951 km² (17,742 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2010) 7,167,150 10,949 (0.2%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Sendai
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Edgar C. Gacutan, C.I.C.M.
Metropolitan Archbishop	Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi
Bishops emeritus	Martin Tetsuo Hiraga
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Website
http://www.sendai.catholic.jp/

The Diocese of Sendai (Latin: Dioecesis Sendaiensis, Japanese: カトリック仙台教区) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church centered in the city of Sendai. It is within the Ecclesiastical province of Tokyo in Japan.

History

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On April 17, 1891, the Diocese of Hakodate was carved out of the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Japan. On March 9, 1936, the diocese was renamed the Diocese of Sendai.

Leadership

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Bishop of Sendai:
- Bishop Edgar Cuntapay Gacutan, C.I.C.M. (8 December 2021 – present)
- Bishop Martin Tetsuo Hiraga (マルチノ平賀徹夫) (10 December 2005 – 18 March 2020)
- Bishop Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe (フランシスコ・ザビエル溝部脩), S.D.B. (2000年05月10日 – 2004年05月14日)
- Bishop Raymond Augustin Chihiro Sato (ライムンド佐藤千敬), O.P. (1976年01月24日 – 1998年06月19日)
- Bishop Petro Arikata Kobayashi (ペトロ小林有方) (1954年02月21日 – 1976年01月24日)
- Bishop Michael Wasaburo Urakawa (ミカエル浦川和三郎) (1941年11月20日 – 1954)
- Archbishop Marie-Joseph Lemieux (マリー・ジョゼフ・ルミュー) (1935年12月03日 – 1941年01月16日)
Bishop of Hakodate:
- Fr. Andre Dumas, O.P. (Apostolic Administrator 1931 – 1936)
- Bishop Alexandre Berlioz (アレキサンドル・ベルリオーズ), M.E.P. (1891年04月24日 – 1927年07月25日)