Diocese of Sapporo 札幌
Sapporen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Sapporo 札幌, Japan
The Diocese of Sapporo covers the whole of Hokkaido, the largest diocese in Japan by area. Established as an apostolic prefecture in 1915 and raised to a diocese in 1952, it is led by Bishop Bernard Taiji Katsuya.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 December 1952
- Latin
- Sapporen(sis)
- Patron
- Guardian Angels
- Annuario code
- 001003006
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 16,091
- Population
- 5,543,556
- Catholic share
- 0.3%
- Priests
- 52
- Catholics per priest
- 309
- Extent
- 83,452 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.2
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
- Bernard Taiji Katsuya
- Born
- 2 December 1955
- Birthplace
- Muroran-Hokkaido
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
Guardian Angels Cathedral stands in Sapporo 札幌, 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 Tokyo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Tokyo.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Niigata 新潟Niigata 新潟
- Diocese of Saitama さいたまSaitama さいたま
- Diocese of Sendai 仙台Sendai 仙台
- Archdiocese of Tokyo 東京Tokyo 東京
- Diocese of Yokohama 横浜Yokohama 横浜
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].