Diocese of Sendai
The Diocese of Sendai is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church centered in the city of Sendai. It is within the Ecclesiastical province of Tokyo in Japan.
History
On April 17, 1891, the Diocese of Hakodate was carved out of the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Japan. On March 9, 1936 the diocese was renamed the Diocese of Sendai.Leadership
- Bishop of Sendai:
- * Bishop Edgar Cuntapay Gacutan, C.I.C.M.
- * Bishop Martin Tetsuo Hiraga
- * Bishop Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe, S.D.B.
- * Bishop Raymond Augustin Chihiro Sato, O.P.
- * Bishop Petro Arikata Kobayashi
- * Bishop Michael Wasaburo Urakawa
- * Archbishop Marie-Joseph Lemieux Bishop of Hakodate:
- * Fr. Andre Dumas, O.P.
- * Bishop Alexandre Berlioz, M.E.P.