Diocese of Hiroshima 広島, Japan 🇯🇵

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Hiroshima 広島 / 廣島 (正體中文) / Hiroshimaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Osaka–Takamatsu 大阪高松

Neighbouring Dioceses: Oita 大分 (↙), Fukuoka 福岡 (↙), Busan 부산 (←), Osaka–Takamatsu 大阪高松 (→)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: August 6

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1923.05.04: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Hiroshima 広島 / 廣島 (正體中文) / Hiroshimaën(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Osaka 大阪 and became suffragan of Tokyo 東京)
1959.06.30: Promoted as Diocese of Hiroshima 広島 / 廣島 (正體中文) / Hiroshimaën(sis) (Latin)
1969.06.24: Became suffragan of Osaka 大阪

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.06.28 – ...):

Bishop Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama (アレキシオ白浜満), P.S.S. (63)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Hiroshima 広島 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama (アレキシオ白浜満), P.S.S. (63)
(2016.06.28 – ...)

Bishop of Hiroshima 広島 (Japan)

Omnia propter evangelium

Born:	1962.05.20 (Kamigoto, 長崎県, Japan)
Ordained Priest:	1990.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.09.19

Bishop of Hiroshima 広島 (Japan) (2016.06.28 – ...)

Bishop Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (トマス・アクィナス前田万葉) (77) (later Cardinal)
(2011.06.13 – 2014.08.20)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana
Metropolitan Archbishop of Osaka–Takamatsu 大阪高松 (Japan)

Non ministrari sed ministrare

Born:	1949.03.03 (Tsuwasaki, 神奈川県, Japan)
Ordained Priest:	1975.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.09.23
Created Cardinal:	2018.06.28

Priest of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan) (1975.03.19 – 2011.06.13)

Bishop of Hiroshima 広島 (Japan) (2011.06.13 – 2014.08.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan) (2014.08.20 – 2023.08.15)

Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan (2016.06.17 – 2022.02.14)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana (2018.06.28 [2018.12.16] – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Osaka–Takamatsu 大阪高松 (Japan) (2023.08.15 – ...)

Bishop Joseph Atsumi Misue (ヨゼフ三末篤實)
(1985.03.29 – 2011.06.13)

Bonus pastor

Born:	1936.04.24 (Hirado, 長崎県, Japan)
Ordained Priest:	1962.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1985.06.16
Died:	2016.06.28 († 80)

Bishop of Hiroshima 広島 (Japan) (1985.03.29 – 2011.06.13)

Bishop Dominic Yoshimatsu Noguchi (ドミニコ野口由松)
(1959.12.19 – 1985.03.29)

Born:	1909.10.31 (Nagasaki, 長崎県, Japan)
Ordained Priest:	1939.03.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.05.08
Died:	1997.11.09 (Sakaide, 香川県, Japan † 88)

Bishop of Hiroshima 広島 (Japan) (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)

Born:	1875.12.27 (Aachen, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1909.08.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1928.08.05
Died:	1969.12.26 († 93)

Vicar Apostolic of Hiroshima 広島 (Japan) (1928.05.18 – 1940)

Titular Bishop of Tabala (1928.05.18 – 1969.12.26)

Archbishop Heinrich Döring (ハインリヒ・デーリング), S.J.
(1921.06.16 – 1927.07.14)

Born:	1859.09.13 (Bocholt, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1882.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1907.12.08
Died:	1951.12.17 (Pune, India † 92)

Bishop of Poona (India) (1907.09.07 – 1921.06.16)

Titular Archbishop of Madytus (1921.06.16 – 1927.07.14)

Vicar Apostolic of Hiroshima 広島 (Japan) (1921.06.16 – 1927.07.14)

Archbishop-Bishop of Poona (India) (1927.07.14 – 1948.01.15)

Titular Archbishop of Anazarbus (1948.01.15 – 1951.12.17)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary (Noboricho Church), 広島 (Hiroshima), 広島県, 中国地方
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Churches by City (49)

Oita 大分 (↙), Fukuoka 福岡 (↙), Busan 부산 (←), Osaka–Takamatsu 大阪高松 (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 31,921 km²

Population: 19,242 Catholics (0.3% of 7,136,121 total)

Pastoral Centres: 47 parishes, 41 missions

Personnel: 56 priests (25 diocesan, 31 religious), 212 religious (35 brothers, 177 sisters), 2 seminarians