Diocese of Hiroshima 広島
Hiroshimaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Hiroshima 広島, Japan
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 June 1959
- Latin
- Hiroshimaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001596
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 21,496
- Population
- 7,677,735
- Catholic share
- 0.3%
- Priests
- 56
- Catholics per priest
- 384
- Extent
- 3,180 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 6.8
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama
- Born
- 20 May 1962
- Birthplace
- Kamigoto
- Institute
- COMPAGNIA DEI SACERDOTI DI S. SULPIZIO (SULPIZIANI)
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
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.
The province of Osaka-Takamatsu
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Osaka-Takamatsu.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Kyoto 京都Kyoto 京都
- Diocese of Nagoya 名古屋Nagoya 名古屋
- Archdiocese of Osaka–Takamatsu 大阪高松Osaka–Takamatsu 大阪高松
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].