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Diocese of Sendai Dioecesis Sendaiensis カトリック仙台教区 | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| Territory | Miyagi, Aomori, Fukushima, and Iwate |
| Ecclesiastical province | Tokyo |
| Metropolitan | Tokyo |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 45,951 km2 (17,742 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 7,167,150 10,949 (0.2%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Sendai |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Edgar C. Gacutan, C.I.C.M. |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi |
| Bishops emeritus | Martin Tetsuo Hiraga |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| http://www.sendai.catholic.jp/ | |
The Diocese of Sendai (Latin: Dioecesis Sendaiensis, Japanese: カトリック仙台教区) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church centered in the city of Sendai. It is within the ecclesiastical province of Archdiocese of Tokyo in Japan.
On April 17, 1891, the Roman Catholic 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.
