Diocese of Hiroshima

Diocese of Hiroshima

*Dioecesis Hiroshimaensis*

カトリック広島教区
Diocese of Hiroshima; Dioecesis Hiroshimaensis; カトリック広島教区
	Hiroshima World Peace Memorial Cathedral
Location
Country	Japan
Territory	Hiroshima, Okayama, Tottori, Yamaguchi, and Shimane
Ecclesiastical province	Osaka
Metropolitan	Osaka
Statistics
Area	3,180 km2 (1,230 sq mi)
Population Total; Catholics;	(as of 2006); 7,677,735; 21,496 (0.3%);
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary in Hiroshima
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama, P.S.S
Metropolitan Archbishop	Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda
Map
Website
	Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Hiroshima (Latin: Dioecesis Hiroshimaensis, Japanese: カトリック広島教区) is a Latin Catholic diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Hiroshima in the ecclesiastical province of Osaka 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 Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama, P.S.S (since 2016.09.19)^[1]
- Bishop Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (2011.06.13-2014.08.20)
- 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)