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Diocese of Sapporo Dioecesis Sapporensis カトリック札幌司教区 | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| Ecclesiastical province | Tokyo |
| Metropolitan | Tokyo |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 83,452 km2 (32,221 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 5,543,556 17,993 (0.3%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Guardian Angels Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Bernard Taiji Katsuya |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi |
| Bishops emeritus | Peter Toshio Jinushi Bishop Emeritus (1988-2009) |
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| Website | |
| http://www.csd.or.jp/ | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sapporo Latin: Sapporen(sis), Japanese: カトリック札幌教区 } is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church headquartered in the city of Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. It is in the ecclesiastical province of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tokyo in Japan.
On February 12, 1915, it was erected as the Apostolic Prefecture of Sapporo from Roman Catholic Diocese of Hakodate. On March 30, 1929, it was promoted to the Apostolic Vicariate of Sapporo and then on December 11, 1952 to the1 Diocese of Sapporo
Leadership
- Bishops of Sapporo (Roman rite)
- Bishop Bernard Taiji Katsuya (ベルナルド勝谷太治) (since 2013.10.14)
- Bishop Peter Toshio Jinushi (ペトロ地主敏夫) (1987.10.03 - 2009.11.17)
- Bishop Benedict Takahiko Tomizawa (ベネディクト冨澤孝彦) (1952.12.11 – 1987.10.03)
- Vicars Apostolic of Sapporo 札幌 (Roman rite)
- Bishop Wenceslaus Kinold (ヴェンチェスラオ・キノルド), O.F.M. (1929.03.18 – 1941)
- Prefects Apostolic of Sapporo 札幌 (Roman rite)
- Bishop Wenceslaus Kinold (ヴェンチェスラオ・キノルド), O.F.M. (1915 – 1929.03.18)
See also
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