Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Hiroshima | |
Local: | Japanese: カトリック広島教区 |
Latin: | Dioecesis Hiroshimaensis |
Country: | Japan |
Territory: | Hiroshima, Okayama, Tottori, Yamaguchi, and Shimane |
Metropolitan: | Osaka 大阪 |
Province: | Osaka 大阪 |
Rite: | Latin Rite |
Cathedral: | Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary in Hiroshima |
Area Km2: | 3,180 |
Population: | 7,677,735 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Catholics: | 21,496 |
Catholics Percent: | 0.3 |
Bishop: | Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama, P.S.S[1] |
Metro Archbishop: | Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda[2] |
Map: | Giappone - Diocesi di Hiroshima.png |
Website: | Website of the Diocese |
The Diocese of Hiroshima (Latin: Dioecesis Hiroshimaensis, Japanese: カトリック広島教区) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Hiroshima in the ecclesiastical province of Osaka 大阪 in Japan.