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Suffragan diocese Yokohama 横浜, Japan

Diocese of Yokohama 横浜

Yokohamaën(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Yokohama is a Latin Catholic diocese in Japan erected in 1937 from the Archdiocese of Tokyo, covering Kanagawa, Shizuoka, Nagano, and Yamanashi. It is a suffragan of Tokyo and is led by Bishop Raphael Masahiro Umemura.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Yokohama, in Yokohama 横浜, Japan.

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Established
1937
Catholics
55,723
Priests
46
Territory
28,246 km²

Parishes and churches

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

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Rafael Masahiro Umemura
Born
14 June 1952
Birthplace
Yokohama

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The cathedral

Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Yokohama stands in Yokohama 横浜, 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

With its cathedral in the city of Yokohama, the Diocese of Yokohama (Latin: Dioecesis Yokohamaensis, Japanese: カトリック横浜教区) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church. As a suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tokyo in Japan, it belongs to Tokyo's ecclesiastical province.