Diocese of Sendai 仙台, Japan 🇯🇵 (original) (raw)
Celebrations
History
- 1891.04.17: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Hakodate 函館 / Kacodaten(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Japan 日本北緯)
- 1891.06.15: Promoted as Diocese of Hakodate 函館 / Kacodaten(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Tokyo 東京)
- 1912.08.13: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Niigata 新潟
- 1915.02.12: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Sapporo 札幌
- 1936.03.09: Renamed as Diocese of Sendai 仙台 / Sendaien(sis) (Latin)
- 1952.12.11: Lost territory to Diocese of Sapporo 札幌
Present Prelates
Ordinaries
| Bishops of Sendai 仙台 (Roman Rite) |
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 Bishop Edgar Cuntapay Gacutan (エドガル・ガクタン), C.I.C.M. (60) (2021.12.08 – ...)Bishop of Sendai 仙台 (Japan)Cor unum et anima unaBorn:1964.09.23 (Enrile, Cagayan, Philippines)Ordained Priest:1994.04.23Consecrated Bishop:2022.03.19Bishop of Sendai 仙台 (Japan) (2021.12.08 – ...) |
| Fr. Peter Shiro Komatsu (ペトロ 小松史朗) (Apostolic Administrator 2020.03.18 – 2021.12.08) |
 Bishop Martin Tetsuo Hiraga (マルチノ 平賀徹夫) (79) (2005.12.10 – 2020.03.18)Bishop emeritus of Sendai 仙台 (Japan)Ut filii lucisBorn:1945.01.20 (Hanamaki, 岩手県, Japan)Ordained Priest:1974.09.16Consecrated Bishop:2006.03.04Priest of Sendai 仙台 (Japan) (1974.09.16 – 2005.12.10)Bishop of Sendai 仙台 (Japan) (2005.12.10 – 2020.03.18) |
| Bishop Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe (フランシスコ・ザビエル 溝部 脩), S.D.B. (2000.05.10 – 2004.05.14)Unitatem spiritusBorn:1935.03.05 (Sinuiju, North Korea)Ordained Priest:1964.02.09Consecrated Bishop:2000.09.09Died:2016.02.29 (Kyōto, 京都府, Japan † 80)Bishop of Sendai 仙台 (Japan) (2000.05.10 – 2004.05.14)Bishop of Takamatsu 高松 (Japan) (2004.05.14 – 2011.03.25) |
| Bishop Raymond Augustin Chihiro Sato (ライムンド 佐藤千敬), O.P. (1976.01.24 – 1998.06.19)Born:1926.03.31 (Sendai, 宮城県, Japan)Ordained Priest:1959.04.03Consecrated Bishop:1976.03.20Died:2002.11.12 († 76)Bishop of Sendai 仙台 (Japan) (1976.01.24 – 1998.06.19) |
| Bishop Peter Arikata Kobayashi (ペトロ 小林有方) (1954.02.21 – 1976.01.24)Born:1909.09.22 (Kobe, 兵庫県, Japan)Ordained Priest:1935.03.21Consecrated Bishop:1954.05.03Died:1999.07.31 († 89)Bishop of Sendai 仙台 (Japan) (1954.02.21 – 1976.01.24) |
| Bishop Michael Wasaburo Urakawa (ミカエル 浦川 和三郎) (1941.11.20 – 1954)Born:1876.04.06 (Nagasaki, 長崎県, Japan)Ordained Priest:1906.07.01Consecrated Bishop:1942.01.18Died:1955.11.24 (Sendai, 宮城県, Japan † 79)Bishop of Sendai 仙台 (Japan) (1941.11.20 – 1954)Titular Bishop of Attalea in Pamphylia (1954 – 1955.11.24) |
| Bishop Marie-Joseph Lemieux (マリー・ジョゼフ・ルミュー) (later Archbishop) (1936.03.09 – 1941.01.16)In caritate ChristiBorn:1902.05.10 (Québec, QC, Canada)Ordained Priest:1928.04.15Consecrated Bishop:1936.06.29Died:1994.03.04 († 91)Bishop of Hakodate 函館 (Japan) (1935.12.03 – 1936.03.09)Bishop of Sendai 仙台 (Japan) (1936.03.09 – 1941.01.16)Titular Bishop of Calydon (1941.01.16 – 1944.04.07)Bishop of Gravelbourg (1944.04.07 – 1953.06.29)Metropolitan Archbishop of Ottawa (Canada) (1953.06.29 – 1966.09.24)Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti (1966.09.24 – 1969)Titular Bishop of Saldæ (1966.09.24 – 1994.03.04)Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to India (1969 – 1971) |
| Bishops of Hakodate 函館 (Roman Rite) |
| Bishop-elect Marie-Joseph Lemieux (マリー・ジョゼフ・ルミュー) (later Archbishop) (1935.12.03 – 1936.03.09)(see above) |
| Fr. Andre Dumas, O.P. (Apostolic Administrator 1931.11 – 1935.12.03) |
| Msgr. Alfred Joseph Wood (アルフレッド・ヨゼフ・ウット), M.E.P. (Apostolic Administrator 1927 – 1931.11) |
| Bishop Alexandre Berlioz (アレキサンドル・ベルリオーズ), M.E.P. (1891.06.15 – 1927.07.25)Born:1852.09.12 (France)Ordained Priest:1875.10.10Consecrated Bishop:1891.07.25Died:1929.12.30 († 77)Titular Bishop of Calynda (1891.04.24 – 1891.06.15)Prefect Apostolic of Hakodate 函館 (Japan) (1891.04.24 – 1891.06.15)Bishop of Hakodate 函館 (Japan) (1891.06.15 – 1927.07.25)Titular Bishop of Ostracine (1927.07.25 – 1929.12.30) |
| Prefects Apostolic of Hakodate 函館 (Roman Rite) |
| Bishop-elect Alexandre Berlioz (アレキサンドル・ベルリオーズ), M.E.P. (1891.04.24 – 1891.06.15)(see above) |
Statistics (2022.12.31)
Area: 45,987 km²
Population: 9,190 Catholics (0.1% of 6,437,349 total)
Pastoral Centres: 52 parishes, 5 missions
Personnel: 26 priests (14 diocesan, 12 religious), 152 religious (12 brothers, 140 sisters), 1 seminarian