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.
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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.
- 津山教会津山市View parish
- 浜田教会浜田市View parish
- 玉島教会倉敷市View parish
- 玉野教会玉野市View parish
- 益田教会益田市View parish
- 祇園教会広島市View parish
- 福山教会福山市Mass times recorded
- 笠岡教会笠岡市View parish
- 米子教会米子市View parish
- 細江教会下関市View parish
- 翠町教会広島市View parish
- 萩教会萩市View parish
- 観音町教会広島市View parish
- 長府教会下関市View parish
- 防府教会防府市View parish
- 高千帆（巡回）教会小野田市View parish
- 鳥取教会鳥取市View parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
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.
This see in the wire
Filed by the see itself
Published on the see's own news feed. A diocese reports on the whole Church, so these are often about somewhere else.
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Diocese of Hiroshima to fundraise for WYD2027
The Diocese of Hiroshima is requesting fundraising support to help send people to WYD2027.
19 stories in the wire either name this see or come from its own feed. Read the wire.