Roman Catholic Diocese of Sendai

The diocese of Sendai (Latin: Dioecesis Sendaiensis, Japaneseカトリック 仙台 教区, katorikku Sendai Kyoku ) is a location in Japan Roman Catholic diocese based in Sendai.

History

Pope Leo XIII. founded the Apostolic Vicariate of Hakodate on April 4, 1891, from annexations of the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Japan. Using the Breve Non Nobis maius it was collected on 15 June of the same year the diocese, which was the Archdiocese of Tokyo assumed as suffragan.

According to the decree Cum dioecesis the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith, it moved on 9 March 1936 the episcopal see from Hakodate to Sendai and took on its current name.

It later lost part of its territory in favor of the establishment of new dioceses:

Territory

The diocese of Sendai consists of the prefectures Aomori, Fukushima, Iwate and Miyagi in the north of the island of Honshu.

Ordinaries

Vicar Apostolic of Hakodate

• Alexandre Berlioz M.E.P. (April 24, 1891-15. June 1891 )

Bishops of Hakodate

• Alexandre Berlioz MEP (15 June 1891-25. July 1927 )
• Marie -Joseph Lemieux OP (3 December 1935-9. March 1936 )

Bishop of Sendai

• Marie -Joseph Lemieux OP ( 9 March 1936-16. January 1941 )
• Michael Wasaburo Urakawa (20 November 1941-26. November 1953 )
• Petro Arikata Kobayashi (21 February 1954-24. January 1976)
• Raymond Augustin Chihiro Sato OP (24 January 1976-19. June 1998)
• Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe SDB (10 May 2000-14. May 2004 then Bishop of Takamatsu )
• Martin Tetsuo Hiraga ( since 10 December 2005)

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