Suffragan diocese Kyoto 京都, Japan
Diocese of Kyoto 京都
Kyoten(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Kyoto is a Latin rite see in central Japan covering Kyoto, Shiga, Nara and Mie prefectures, established as a prefecture in 1937 and raised to a diocese in 1951. Suffragan to the Archdiocese of Osaka-Takamatsu, it has been led since 1997 by Bishop Paul Yoshinao Otsuka.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1951
- Catholics
- 19,198
- Priests
- 37
- Territory
- 18,095 km²
Parishes and churches
49 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- カトリック上野教会伊賀市View parish
- カトリック丹後教会宮津市View parish
- カトリック丹波教会亀岡市View parish
- カトリック久居教会津市View parish
- カトリック九条教会京都市View parish
- カトリック伊勢教会伊勢市View parish
- カトリック伏見教会京都市View parish
- カトリック八幡教会八幡市View parish
- カトリック北白川教会京都市View parish
- カトリック名張教会名張市View parish
- カトリック唐崎教会大津市View parish
- カトリック四日市教会四日市市View parish
- カトリック大和八木教会橿原市View parish
- カトリック大和郡山教会大和郡山市View parish
- カトリック大和高田教会大和高田市View parish
- カトリック大津教会大津市View parish
- カトリック奈良教会奈良市View parish
- カトリック宇治教会宇治市View parish
- カトリック宇津教会京都市View parish
- カトリック安曇川教会高島市View parish
- カトリック富雄教会奈良市View parish
- カトリック小山教会京都市View parish
- カトリック山国教会京都市View parish
- カトリック山科教会京都市View parish
- カトリック彦根教会彦根市View parish
- カトリック御所教会御所市View parish
- カトリック東舞鶴教会舞鶴市View parish
- カトリック松阪教会松阪市View parish
- カトリック桂教会京都市View parish
- カトリック桃山教会京都市View parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Paul Yoshinao Ōtsuka
- Born
- 7 October 1954
- Birthplace
- Kyōto
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Kyoto stands in Kyoto 京都, 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.