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Suffragan diocese Hiroshima 広島, Japan

Diocese of Hiroshima 広島

Hiroshimaën(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Hiroshima is a Latin rite see in western Honshu, Japan, established as an apostolic vicariate in 1923 and raised to a diocese in 1959. Suffragan to the Archdiocese of Osaka-Takamatsu, its cathedral is the World Peace Memorial Cathedral, led since 2016 by Bishop Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama.

On the map

Esri
Hiroshima 広島, Japan, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1923
Catholics
21,496
Priests
56
Territory
3,180 km²

Parishes and churches

47 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama
Born
20 May 1962
Birthplace
Kamigoto
Institute
COMPAGNIA DEI SACERDOTI DI S. SULPIZIO (SULPIZIANI)

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The cathedral

Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary stands in Hiroshima 広島, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

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