Roman Catholic Diocese of Hiroshima

Diocese of Hiroshima
Diocese of Hiroshima ; Dioecesis Hiroshimaensis ; カトリック広島教区
	230px Hiroshima World Peace Memorial Cathedral
Location
Country	Japan
Ecclesiastical province	Osaka 大阪
Metropolitan	Osaka 大阪
Statistics
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Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2006); 7,677,735; 21,496 (0.3%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary in Hiroshima
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda
Metropolitan Archbishop	Leo Jun Ikenaga
Map
	File:Giappone - Diocesi di Hiroshima.png
Website
	Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hiroshima (Latin: Hiroshimaen(sis), Japanese: カトリック広島教区) is a diocese located in the city of Hiroshima in the Ecclesiastical province of Osaka 大阪 in Japan.

History

May 4, 1923: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Hiroshima from the Diocese of Osaka
June 30, 1959: Promoted as Diocese of Hiroshima

Bishops of Hiroshima (Roman rite)
- Bishop Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (since 2011.06.13)
- Bishop Joseph Atsumi Misue (ヨゼフ三末篤實) (1985.03.29 - 2011.06.13)
- Bishop Dominic Yoshimatsu Noguchi (ドミニコ野口由松) (1959.12.19 – 1985.03.29)
Vicars Apostolic of Hiroshima 広島 (Roman rite)
- Bishop Johannes Ross (ヨハネス・ロス), S.J. (1928.05.18 – 1940)
- Archbishop Heinrich Döring (ハインリヒ・デーリング), S.J. (1921.06.16 – 1927.07.14)

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