Roman Catholic Diocese of Yokohama

Diocese of Yokohama

Dioecesis Yokohamaensis

カトリック横浜教区
Cathedral of Yokohama
Location
CountryJapan
TerritoryKanagawa, Shizuoka, Nagano, and Yamanashi
Ecclesiastical provinceTokyo
MetropolitanTokyo
Statistics
Area28,246 km2 (10,906 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2015)
15,763,428
55,723 (0.4%)
Parishes93
Information
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established9 November 1937
CathedralCathedral of the Sacred Heart in Yokohama
Secular priests46 diocesan (and 54 religious)
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopRafael Masahiro Umemura
Metropolitan ArchbishopTarcisio Isao Kikuchi
Map
Website
yokohama.catholic.jp

The Diocese of Yokohama (Latin: Dioecesis Yokohamaensis, Japanese: カトリック横浜教区) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church. Its cathedral is located in the city of Yokohama. It is a suffragan diocese of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tokyo in Japan and therefore in Tokyo's ecclesiastical province.