List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Japan

The gravestone (second from the left), in Melaka's St Paul's Church, of someone identified as Peter (?), the "second bishop of Japan", who had died in February 1598

The following is the List of the Roman Catholic dioceses of Japan. The Roman Catholic Church in Japan is divided into sixteen ecclesiastical territories, called dioceses, led by prelate bishops. Dioceses led by archbishops are called archdioceses. There are three archdioceses which serve as the seats of three metropolitan provinces of the Roman Catholic Church.

List of dioceses

Episcopal Conference of Japan

Ecclesiastical Province of Nagasaki

• Archdiocese of Nagasaki
  • Diocese of Fukuoka
  • Diocese of Kagoshima
  • Diocese of Naha
  • Diocese of Oita

Ecclesiastical Province of Osaka

• Archdiocese of Osaka
  • Diocese of Hiroshima
  • Diocese of Kyoto
  • Diocese of Nagoya
  • Diocese of Takamatsu

Ecclesiastical Province of Tokyo

• Archdiocese of Tokyo
  • Diocese of Niigata
  • Diocese of Saitama
  • Diocese of Sapporo
  • Diocese of Sendai
  • Diocese of Yokohama

Resources

• List of Japanese dioceses by Giga-Catholic Information
• Catholic Hierarchy Profile of the Catholic Church in Japan

See also

• Catholic-Hierarchy entry.
• Giga-Catholic Information.
• Map of Japan by Diocese