Catholic Kita ichi jo church

The Guardian Angels Cathedral also called Kitaiciho Church is the cathedral of the Diocese of Sapporo in the city of Sapporo, Japan. The church follows the Roman rite and serves as the seat of the diocese, which was raised to its current status by Pope Pius XII with the Bull "Iis Christi" in 1952.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Catholic
Description: Catholic Church church building in Sapporo, Japan
Also known as: “Guardian Angels Cathedral, Sapporo” and “Kitaiciho Church”
Address: 北1条東6丁目, 中央区, 札幌市, 北海道 060-0031

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sapporo TV Tower and Sapporo Beer Museum.

Sapporo TV Tower

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The Sapporo TV Tower, built in 1957, is a 147.2-metre-high TV tower with an observation deck at a height of 90.38 metres. Located on the ground of Odori Park, in the northern city of Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, the tower is open to tourists. Sapporo TV Tower is situated 780 metres southwest of Catholic Kita ichi jo church.

Sapporo Beer Museum

Museum

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The Sapporo Beer Museum is a museum located in the Sapporo Garden Park in Higashi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. Registered as one of the Hokkaidō Heritage sites in 2004, the museum is the only beer museum in Japan. Sapporo Beer Museum is situated 1 km north of Catholic Kita ichi jo church.

Bus Center-Mae

Railway stop

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Bus Center-Mae Station is a metro station in Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. The station is numbered T10. Bus Center-Mae is situated 390 metres southwest of Catholic Kita ichi jo church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Higashi-ku and Shiroishi-ku.

Higashi-ku

Suburb

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Higashi-ku is one of the 10 wards in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is directly translated as "east ward", and is neighboured to Kita-ku, Chūō-ku, Shiroishi-ku, Ebetsu, Tōbetsu.

Shiroishi-ku

Suburb

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Shiroishi-ku is one of the ten wards in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. As of August 31, 2021, the ward has a population of 213,704. Shiroishi-ku is situated 3½ km southeast of Catholic Kita ichi jo church.

Kita-ku

Suburb

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Kita-ku is a ward of Sapporo composed of residential neighborhoods mostly arranged in grid patterns, and each built surrounding a train station, broken up by areas of farmland and some light-industrial areas. Kita-ku is situated 3½ km northwest of Catholic Kita ichi jo church.

Catholic Kita ichi jo church

Categories: Catholic cathedral, place of worship, and religion
Location: Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Central Hokkaido, Hokkaido, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

43.06432° or 43° 3′ 52″ north

Longitude

141.36501° or 141° 21′ 54″ east

Open location code

8RM33978+P2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2206232066

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=catholic

Wikidata ID

Q24817373

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In Other Languages

From Indonesian to Spanish—“Catholic Kita ichi jo church” goes by many names.

Indonesian: “Katedral Sapporo”
Japanese: “カトリック北一条教会”
Spanish: “Catedral de los Ángeles de la Guarda (Sapporo)”
Spanish: “Catedral de los Ángeles de la Guarda”

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