Diocese of Kyoto 京都
Kyoten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Kyoto 京都, Japan
The Diocese of Kyoto is a Latin rite see in central Japan covering Kyoto, Shiga, Nara and Mie prefectures, established as a prefecture in 1937 and raised to a diocese in 1951. Suffragan to the Archdiocese of Osaka-Takamatsu, it has been led since 1997 by Bishop Paul Yoshinao Otsuka.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 July 1951
- Latin
- Kyoten(sis)
- Patron
- St. Francis Xavier
- Annuario code
- 001001927
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 19,198
- Population
- 7,314,195
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.3%
- Priests
- 37
- Catholics per priest
- 519
- Extent
- 18,095 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.1
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Paul Yoshinao Ōtsuka
- Born
- 7 October 1954
- Birthplace
- Kyōto
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Kyoto stands in Kyoto 京都, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Osaka-Takamatsu
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Osaka-Takamatsu.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Hiroshima 広島Hiroshima 広島
- Diocese of Nagoya 名古屋Nagoya 名古屋
- Archdiocese of Osaka–Takamatsu 大阪高松Osaka–Takamatsu 大阪高松
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.