Roman Catholic Diocese of Sapporo

Diocese of Sapporo Dioecesis Sapporensis カトリック札幌司教区
230px Cathedral of Sapporo
Location
Country	Japan
Ecclesiastical province	Tokyo
Metropolitan	Tokyo
Statistics
Area
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 5,543,556 17,993 (0.3%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Guardian Angels in Sapporo
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Bernard Taiji Katsuya
Metropolitan Archbishop	Peter Takeo Okada
Emeritus Bishops	Peter Toshio Jinushi Bishop Emeritus (1988-2009)
Map
File:Giappone - Diocesi di Sapporo.png
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sapporo Latin: Sapporen(sis), Japanese: カトリック札幌教区 } is a diocese located in the city of Sapporo in the Ecclesiastical province of Tokyo in Japan.

History

• February 12, 1915: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Sapporo from Diocese of Hakodate
• March 30, 1929: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Sapporo
• December 11, 1952: Promoted as Diocese of Sapporo

Leadership

• Bishops of Sapporo (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Bernard Taiji Katsuya (ベルナルド勝谷太治) (since 2013.10.14)
  • Bishop Peter Toshio Jinushi (ペトロ地主敏夫) (1987.10.03 - 2009.11.17)
  • Bishop Benedict Takahiko Tomizawa (ベネディクト冨澤孝彦) (1952.12.11 – 1987.10.03)
• Vicars Apostolic of Sapporo 札幌 (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Wenceslaus Kinold (ヴェンチェスラオ・キノルド), O.F.M. (1929.03.18 – 1941)
• Prefects Apostolic of Sapporo 札幌 (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Wenceslaus Kinold (ヴェンチェスラオ・キノルド), O.F.M. (1915 – 1929.03.18)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Japan

Source

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy

External links

• Website of the diocese
• http://www.cbcj.catholic.jp/jpn/diocese/sapporo.htm
• Website of the cathedral