Diocese of Kyoto 京都, Japan

Bishop (1997.03.03 – ...):

Bishop Paul Yoshinao Otsuka (パウロ大塚喜直) (68)

Bishops of Kyoto 京都 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Paul Yoshinao Otsuka (パウロ大塚喜直) (68)
(1997.03.03 – ...)

Bishop of Kyoto 京都 (Japan)

Bishop of Kyoto 京都 (Japan) (1997.03.03 – ...)

Bishop Raymond Ken’ichi Tanaka (ライムンド田中健一)
(1976.07.08 – 1997.03.03)

Bishop of Kyoto 京都 (Japan) (1976.07.08 – 1997.03.03)

Bishop Paul Yoshiyuki Furuya (パウロ古屋義之)
(1951.07.12 – 1976.07.08)

Prefect Apostolic of Kyoto 京都 (Japan) (1940 – 1951.07.12)

Bishop of Kyoto 京都 (Japan) (1951.07.12 – 1976.07.08)

Prefects Apostolic of Kyoto 京都 (Roman Rite)

Fr. Paul Yoshiyuki Furuya (パウロ古屋義之) (later Bishop)
(1940 – 1951.07.12)

(see above)

Fr. Patrick James Byrne (パトリック・バーン / 방 파트리치오), M.M. (later Bishop)
(1937.03.19 – 1940.10.10)

Prefect Apostolic of Peng-yang (North Korea) (1927.11.09 – 1929.08.12)

Prefect Apostolic of Kyoto 京都 (Japan) (1937.03.19 – 1940.10.10)

Titular Bishop of Gazera (1949.04.07 – 1950.11.25)

Apostolic Delegate to Korea (1949.04.07 – 1950.11.25)

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Area: 18,095 km²

Population: 17,954 Catholics (0.3% of 7,071,427 total) (2020)

Statistics: 46 parishes, 11 missions, 47 priests (20 diocesan, 27 religious), 178 lay religious (32 brothers, 146 sisters), 2 seminarians (2020)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 3

1937.06.17: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Kyoto 京都 / Kyoten(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Osaka 大阪 and became suffragan of Tokyo 東京)
1951.07.12: Promoted as Diocese of Kyoto 京都 / Kyoten(sis) (Latin)
1969.06.24: Became suffragan of Osaka 大阪

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