Diocese of Kyoto 京都, Japan 🇯🇵 (original) (raw)
Celebrations
History
- 1937.06.17: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Kyoto 京都 / Kyoten(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Osaka 大阪 and became suffragan of Tokyo 東京)
- 1951.07.12: Promoted as Diocese of Kyoto 京都 / Kyoten(sis) (Latin)
- 1969.06.24: Became suffragan of Osaka 大阪
Present Prelates
| Bishop (1997.03.03 – ...): |  Bishop Paul Yoshinao Otsuka (パウロ 大塚喜直) (69) |
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Ordinaries
| Bishops of Kyoto 京都 (Roman Rite) |
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| Bishop Paul Yoshinao Otsuka (パウロ 大塚喜直) (69) (1997.03.03 – ...)Bishop of Kyoto 京都 (Japan)Ut omnes unum sintBorn:1954.10.07 (Kyōto, 京都府, 関西地方, Japan)Ordained Priest:1984.03.20Consecrated Bishop:1997.06.15Priest of Kyoto 京都 (Japan) (1984.03.20 – 1997.03.03)Bishop of Kyoto 京都 (Japan) (1997.03.03 – ...) |
| Bishop Raymond Ken’ichi Tanaka (ライムンド 田中健一) (1976.07.08 – 1997.03.03)Born:1927.08.31 (Uwajima, 愛媛県, 四国, Japan)Ordained Priest:1951.12.21Consecrated Bishop:1976.09.23Died:2021.07.29 (Uwajima, 愛媛県, 四国, Japan † 93)Bishop of Kyoto 京都 (Japan) (1976.07.08 – 1997.03.03) |
| Bishop Paul Yoshiyuki Furuya (パウロ 古屋義之) (1951.07.12 – 1976.07.08)Born:1900.02.09 (Wakayama, 和歌山県, 関西地方, Japan)Ordained Priest:1928.07.01Consecrated Bishop:1951.09.21Died:1991.02.02 († 90)Prefect Apostolic of Kyoto 京都 (Japan) (1940 – 1951.07.12)Bishop of Kyoto 京都 (Japan) (1951.07.12 – 1976.07.08) |
| Prefects Apostolic of Kyoto 京都 (Roman Rite) |
| Fr. Paul Yoshiyuki Furuya (パウロ 古屋義之) (later Bishop) (1940 – 1951.07.12)(see above) |
| Fr. Patrick James Byrne (パトリック・バーン / 방 파트리치오), M.M. (later Bishop) (1937.03.19 – 1940.10.10) |
Statistics (2022.12.31)
Area: 18,095 km²
Population: 17,645 Catholics (0.3% of 7,008,476 total)
Pastoral Centres: 46 parishes, 10 missions
Personnel: 37 priests (13 diocesan, 24 religious), 172 religious (26 brothers, 146 sisters), 2 seminarians