Roman Catholic Diocese of Kyoto

Diocese of Kyoto

Dioecesis Kyotensis

カトリック京都教区
Location
Country Japan
TerritoryKyoto, Shiga, Nara, and Mie
Ecclesiastical provinceOsaka 大阪
MetropolitanOsaka 大阪
Statistics
Area18,095 km2 (6,987 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
7,314,195
19,198 (0.3%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralSt. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Kyoto
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopPaul Yoshinao Otsuka
Metropolitan ArchbishopThomas Aquino Manyo Maeda
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Kyoto (Latin: Dioecesis Kyotensis, Japanese: カトリック京都教区) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church located in the city of Kyoto in the ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Osaka in Japan.

On June 17, 1937, Apostolic Prefecture of Kyoto was established from the territory of the Diocese of Osaka.

On July 12, 1951, the apostolic prefecture was raised to a diocese by Pope Pius XII through the papal bull "Inter supremi".

The diocese's cathedral is the St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Kyoto dedicated in November 1972.

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