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Diocese of Kyoto 京都
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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.
- Bishop
- Paul Yoshinao Ōtsuka
- Latin name
- Kyoten(sis)
- Erected
- 12 July 1951
- Cathedral
- St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Kyoto
- Patron
- St. Francis Xavier
- Rank
- Suffragan Diocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Osaka-Takamatsu (Archdiocese of Osaka-Takamatsu)
- Catholics
- 19,198
- Chancery
- 423 Shimomaruya-cho, Kawaramachi Sanjo Agaru, Nakagyò-ku, Kyòto-fu 604-8006, Japan
- Telephone
- Tel. [075]211-3025; fax 211-3041
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Diocese of Nagoya 名古屋 107 km
- Takamatsu 174 km
- Diocese of Yokohama 横浜 354 km
- Diocese of Osaka–Takamatsu 大阪高松 358 km
- Diocese of Saitama さいたま 365 km
- Diocese of Tokyo 東京 367 km
Parishes near the see
- カトリック丹波教会 · 亀岡市 <1 km
- カトリック長岡教会 · 長岡京市 <1 km
- カトリック上野教会 · 伊賀市 <1 km
- カトリック大和高田教会 · 大和高田市 1 km
- カトリック甲賀教会 · 甲賀市 1 km
- カトリック河原町教会 · 京都市 1 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001001927 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08