Hiroshima, Okayama, Tottori, Yamaguchi, and Shimane
Ecclesiastical province
Osaka 大阪
Metropolitan
Osaka 大阪
Statistics
Area
3,180 km2 (1,230 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics
(as of 2006) 7,677,735 21,496 (0.3%)
Information
Rite
Latin Rite
Cathedral
Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary in Hiroshima
Current leadership
Pope
Francis
Bishop
Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama, P.S.S[1]
Metropolitan Archbishop
Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda[2]
Map
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.
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