38°15′49.07″N 140°52′42.41″E / 38.2636306°N 140.8784472°E
Diocese of Sendai Dioecesis Sendaiensis カトリック仙台教区 | |
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Location | |
Country | Japan |
Territory | Miyagi, Aomori, Fukushima, and Iwate |
Ecclesiastical province | Tokyo |
Metropolitan | Tokyo |
Statistics | |
Area | 45,951 km2 (17,742 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 7,167,150 10,949 (0.2%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Sendai |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Edgar C. Gacutan, C.I.C.M. |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi |
Bishops emeritus | Martin Tetsuo Hiraga |
Map | |
Website | |
http://www.sendai.catholic.jp/ |
The Diocese of Sendai (Latin: Dioecesis Sendaiensis, Japanese: カトリック仙台教区) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church centered in the city of Sendai. It is within the ecclesiastical province of Archdiocese of Tokyo in Japan.