Diocese of Hiroshima
The Diocese of Hiroshima is a Latin Catholic diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Hiroshima in the ecclesiastical province of Osaka in Japan.
History
- May 4, 1923: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Hiroshima from the Diocese of Osaka
- June 30, 1959: Promoted as Diocese of Hiroshima
Leadership
- Bishops of Hiroshima
- * Bishop Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama, P.S.S
- * Bishop Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda
- * Bishop Joseph Atsumi Misue
- * Bishop Dominic Yoshimatsu Noguchi
- Vicars Apostolic of Hiroshima 広島
- * Bishop Johannes Ross, S.J.
- * Archbishop Heinrich Döring, S.J.