List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Japan
The gravestone (second from the left), in Melaka's St Paul's Church, of someone identified as Peter (?), the "second bishop of Japan", who had died in February 1598
The following is the List of the Roman Catholic dioceses of Japan. The Roman Catholic Church in Japan is divided into sixteen ecclesiastical territories, called dioceses, led by prelate bishops. Dioceses led by archbishops are called archdioceses. There are three archdioceses which serve as the seats of three metropolitan provinces of the Roman Catholic Church.
List of dioceses
Episcopal Conference of Japan
Ecclesiastical Province of Nagasaki
Ecclesiastical Province of Osaka
Ecclesiastical Province of Tokyo
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