Roman Catholic Diocese of Kyoto

Diocese of Kyoto Dioecesis Kyotensis カトリック京都教区
Osaka 大阪
Statistics
Area	18,095 km2 (6,987 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 7,314,195 19,198 (0.3%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Kyoto
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Paul Yoshinao Otsuka
Metropolitan Archbishop	Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Kyoto (

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.

Leadership

• Bishops of Kyoto (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Paul Yoshinao Otsuka (パウロ大塚喜直) (since 1997.03.03)
  • Bishop Raymond Ken’ichi Tanaka (ライムンド田中健一) (1976.07.08 – 1997.03.03)
  • Bishop Paul Yoshiyuki Furuya (パウロ古屋義之) (1951.07.12 – 1976.07.08)
• Prefects Apostolic of Kyoto 京都 (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Paul Yoshiyuki Furuya (パウロ古屋義之) (1940 – 1951.07.12)
  • Bishop
    Patrick Joseph Byrne (パトリック・バーン / 방 파트리치오), M.M.
    (1937.03.19 – 1940.10.10)