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Diocese of

Takamatsu 高松

Japan Japan

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Takamatsu 高松 / Takamatsuen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Osaka 大阪

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Notes: Seat at Tokushima 1904–1949

Special Churches

Churches by City (28)

Oita 大分 (↙), Hiroshima 広島 (↖), Osaka 大阪 (↗)

Present Prelates

Bishop:vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2022.10.03 – ...):Fr. Ismael González Fuentes, I.E.M.E. (84)Fr. Ismael González Fuentes (イスマエル・ゴンザレズ), I.E.M.E. (84)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Takamatsu 高松 (Roman Rite)

Fr. Ismael González Fuentes, I.E.M.E. (84)Fr. Ismael González Fuentes (イスマエル・ゴンザレズ), I.E.M.E. (84)
(Apostolic Administrator 2022.10.03 – ...)

Bishop John Eijiro Suwa (75)Bishop John Eijiro Suwa (使徒ヨハネ 諏訪 榮治郎) (75)
(2011.03.25 – 2022.09.26)

Bishop emeritus of Takamatsu 高松 (Japan)

Veni Sancte Spiritus Unitatem

Born:1947.07.08 (Kobe, 兵庫県, 関西地方, Japan)
Ordained Priest:1976.11.26
Consecrated Bishop:2011.06.19

Bishop of Takamatsu 高松 (Japan) (2011.03.25 – 2022.09.26)

Bishop Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe (フランシスコ・ザビエル 溝部 脩), S.D.B.
(2004.05.14 – 2011.03.25)

Unitatem spiritus

Born:1935.03.05 (Sinuiju, North Korea)
Ordained Priest:1964.02.09
Consecrated Bishop:2000.09.09
Died:2016.02.29 (Kyōto, 京都府, 関西地方, Japan † 80)

Bishop of Sendai 仙台 (Japan) (2000.05.10 – 2004.05.14)

Bishop of Takamatsu 高松 (Japan) (2004.05.14 – 2011.03.25)

Bishop Joseph Satoshi Fukahori (ヨセフ 深堀 敏)
(1977.07.07 – 2004.05.14)

Born:1924.10.08 (Nagasaki, 長崎県, 九州, Japan)
Ordained Priest:1951.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:1977.09.23
Died:2009.09.24 († 84)

Bishop of Takamatsu 高松 (Japan) (1977.07.07 – 2004.05.14)

Bishop Franciscus Xaverius Eikichi Tanaka (フランシスコ・ザビエル 田中英吉)
(1963.09.13 – 1977.07.07)

Born:1902.06.06 (Uwajima, 愛媛県, 四国, Japan)
Ordained Priest:1935.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:1963.10.20
Died:1983.05.20 (Sakaide, 香川県, 四国, Japan † 80)

Bishop of Takamatsu 高松 (Japan) (1963.09.13 – 1977.07.07)

Prefects Apostolic of Shikoku 四国 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Paul Yashigoro Taguchi (パウロ 田口 芳五郎) (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator 1941.11.25 – 1963.09.13)

Msgr. Modesto Perez (モデスト・ペレス), O.P.
(1935 – 1940)

Prefect Apostolic of Shikoku 四国 (Japan) (1935 – 1940)

Fr. Thomas de la Hoz (楊多默 / トマス・デ・ラ・ホス), O.P.
(1932 – 1935)

Born:1879.12.31 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:1903.07.26

Prefect Apostolic of Formosa Island 台灣 (Taiwan) (1920.12.08 – 1941.04.02)

Prefect Apostolic of Shikoku 四国 (Japan) (1932 – 1935)

Msgr. Jose Alvarez (ホセ・アルバレス), O.P.
(Apostolic Administrator 1904.02.26 – 1931)

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Statistics

Area: 18,803 km²

Population: 4,381 Catholics (0.1% of 3,688,752 total) (2020)

Statistics: 25 parishes, 25 priests (9 diocesan, 16 religious), 4 deacons, 68 lay religious (17 brothers, 51 sisters) (2020)

Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: August 15

History

Last updated on 2023.04.13

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