Diocese of Sendai 仙台
Sendaien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Sendai 仙台, Japan
The Diocese of Sendai covers Miyagi, Aomori, Fukushima, and Iwate prefectures in northeastern Japan. Founded as the Diocese of Hakodate in 1891 and renamed Sendai in 1936, it is led by Bishop Edgar Cuntapay Gacutan, C.I.C.M.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 9 March 1936
- Latin
- Sendaien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003027
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 10,949
- Population
- 7,167,150
- Catholic share
- 0.2%
- Priests
- 26
- Catholics per priest
- 421
- Extent
- 45,951 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
- Edgar Gacutan
- Born
- 23 September 1964
- Birthplace
- Enrile
- Institute
- CONGREGAZIONE DEL CUORE IMMACOLATO DI MARIA (MISSIONARI DI SCHEUT)
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 Saints Peter and Paul, Sendai stands in Sendai 仙台, 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 Sapporo 札幌Sapporo 札幌
- 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.
History
Centered on the city of Sendai, the Diocese of Sendai (Latin: Dioecesis Sendaiensis, Japanese: カトリック仙台教区) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church, lying within the Ecclesiastical province of Tokyo in Japan.
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].