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Suffragan diocese Sendai 仙台, Japan

Diocese of Sendai 仙台

Sendaien(sis)

Latin Church

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Sendai, in Sendai 仙台, Japan.

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Established
1891
Catholics
10,949
Priests
26
Territory
45,951 km²

Parishes and churches

56 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Edgar Gacutan
Born
23 September 1964
Birthplace
Enrile
Institute
CONGREGAZIONE DEL CUORE IMMACOLATO DI MARIA (MISSIONARI DI SCHEUT)

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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.

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.

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