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Diocese of Sapporo Dioecesis Sapporensis カトリック札幌司教区 | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| Territory | Hokkaido |
| Ecclesiastical province | Tokyo |
| Metropolitan | Tokyo |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 83,452 km2 (32,221 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 5,543,556 17,993 (0.3%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Guardian Angels Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Bernard Taiji Katsuya |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi |
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| Website | |
| http://www.csd.or.jp/ | |
The Diocese of Sapporo (Latin: Dioecesis Sapporensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in Sapporo, Japan.
The diocese was formerly established as the Apostolic Prefecture of Sapporo on February 12, 1915. It was later lifted to the title of Apostolic Vicariate of Sapporo on March 30, 1929. 23 years later, it was lifted to its current state, the Diocese of Sapporo, on December 11, 1952. This diocese under the Archdiocese of Tokyo, which is the metropolitan territory governing the Diocese of Sapporo and other diocesan territories, led by its archbishop, Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi.
The diocesan seat of the bishop of Sapporo is the Guardian Angels Cathedral. The current bishop is Bernard Taiji Katsuya.