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.
- カトリック桑名教会桑名市View parish
- カトリック河原町教会京都市View parish
- カトリック津教会津市View parish
- カトリック田辺教会京田辺市View parish
- カトリック甲賀教会甲賀市View parish
- カトリック登美が丘教会奈良市View parish
- カトリック福知山教会福知山市View parish
- カトリック精華教会相楽郡精華町View parish
- カトリック草津教会草津市View parish
- カトリック衣笠教会京都市View parish
- カトリック西大和教会北葛城郡河合町View parish
- カトリック西舞鶴教会舞鶴市View parish
- カトリック西院教会京都市View parish
- カトリック西陣教会京都市View parish
- カトリック鈴鹿教会鈴鹿市View parish
- カトリック長岡教会長岡京市View parish
- カトリック長浜教会長浜市View parish
- カトリック青谷教会城陽市View parish
- カトリック高野教会京都市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.