Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Japan
See a list of abbreviations used in this list. See also our listing of current ecclesial jurisdictions.
- Regarding Funai:
- 1514
- Funchal (established by the Portuguese, see footnote) - Portugal
- 1533
- Goa (D, established from Funchal) - India
- 1558
- Malacca (D, detached from Goa) - Malaysia
- 1576
- Macau (D, detached from Malacca) - Macau (China)
- 1588
- Funai (established from Macau) - Japan
- 1625
- Funai (vacant) - Japan
- 1866
- Japan (AV, reviving mission of the long defunct diocese of Funai) - Japan
- 1876
- Southern Japan (AV, new name after division of Japan AV) - Japan
- 1876
- Northern Japan (AV, detached by division of Japan AV) - Japan
- 1888
- Central Japan (AV, detached from Southern Japan AV) - Japan
- 1891
- Tokyo (Metr., and new name, previously Northern Japan AV) - Japan
- 1891
- Hakodate (AV 4/4, detached from Northern Japan) - Japan
- 1891
- Hakodate (D 15/6, erected as AV earlier same year) - Japan
- 1891
- Nagasaki (D, and new name, previously Southern Japan, AV) - Japan
- 1891
- Osaka (D, and new name, previously Central Japan AV) - Japan
- 1903
- Shikoku (AP, detached from Osaka) - Japan
- 1912
- Niigata (AP, detached from Hakodate) - Japan
- 1915
- Sapporo (AP, detached from Hakodate) - Japan
- 1922
- Nagoya (AP, detached from Tokyo Metr., and from Niigata AP) - Japan
- 1923
- Hiroshima (AV, detached from Osaka) - Japan
- 1927
- Fukuoka (detached from Nagasaki) - Japan
- 1927
- Kagoshima (AP, detached from Nagasaki) - Japan
- 1928
- Miyazaki (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Fukuoka, and from Kagoshima) - Japan
- 1929
- Sapporo (AV) - Japan
- 1932
- Karafuto (Mission "sui iuris", detached from Sapporo) - (Japan) Russia
- 1935
- Miyazaki (AP) - Japan
- 1936
- Sendai (new name, previously Hakodate) - Japan
- 1937
- Kyoto (AP, detached from Osaka) - Japan
- 1937
- Yokohama (detached from Tokyo) - Japan
- 1938
- Karafuto (AP) - (Japan) Russia
- 1939
- Urawa (AP, detached from Yokohama) - Japan
- 1947
- Okinawa and the Southern Islands / Ryukyus (AA, detached from Kagoshima AP) - Japan
- 1951
- Kyoto - Japan
- 1952
- Sapporo - Japan
- 1955
- Kagoshima - Japan
- 1957
- Urawa - Japan
- 1959
- Hiroshima - Japan
- 1959
- Nagasaki (Metr.) - Japan
- 1961
- Oita (D, and new name, previously Miyazaki AP) - Japan
- 1962
- Nagoya - Japan
- 1962
- Niigata - Japan
- 1963
- Takamatsu (D, new name, previously Shikoku AP) - Japan
- 1969
- Osaka (Metr.) - Japan
- 1972
- Naha (D, and new name, previously AA of Okinawa and the Southern Islands / Ryukyus) - Japan
- 2002
- Southern Sakhalin (AP, new name, previously Karafuto) - Russia
- 2003
- Saitama (new name, previously Urawa D) - Japan
- 2023
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Osaka-Takamatsu (Metr., united, and new name, previously Osaka (Metr.) and Takamatsu D) - Japan