Archdiocese of Osaka
| Archdiocese of Osaka | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Japan |
| Ecclesiastical province | Osaka |
| Diocesan bishop | Thomas Aquino Man'yō Cardinal Maeda |
| Auxiliary bishop | Paul Toshihiro Sakai |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Leo Jun Ikenaga SJ |
| founding | 1888 |
| surface | 15,031 km² |
| Parishes | 81 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 15,333,735 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 51,236 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 0.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 47 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 111 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 324 |
| Friars | 137 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 628 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Japanese |
| cathedral | Tamatsukuri Kyōkai |
| Website | www.osaka.catholic.jp |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Hiroshima Diocese of Kyoto Diocese of Nagoya Diocese of Takamatsu |
The Erzbistum Osaka ( latin Archidioecesis Osakensis , Jap. カトリック大阪大司教区, katorikku Osaka daishikyōku ) is an in Japan preferred Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Osaka .
The Archdiocese of Osaka, together with the suffragan dioceses of Hiroshima , Kyoto , Nagoya and Takamatsu, form the ecclesiastical province of Osaka, which extends over eastern Japan , with the exception of Kyushu .
history
The Archdiocese of Osaka was on March 20, 1888 by Pope Leo XIII. Established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate of South Japan as the Apostolic Vicariate of Central Japan . On June 15, 1891, the Vicariate Apostolic Central Japan by Leo XIII. raised to a diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Non maius Nobis and renamed the Diocese of Osaka . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Tokyo as a suffragan. The Diocese of Osaka gave up on January 27, 1904 parts of its territory to establish the Apostolic Prefecture Shikoku . Further assignments were made on May 4, 1923 to found the Apostolic Vicariate Hiroshima and on June 17, 1937 to found the Apostolic Prefecture of Kyoto .
The Diocese of Osaka was on June 24, 1969 by Pope Paul VI. with the Apostolic Constitution Quamquam Ecclesiae raised to the archbishopric.
territory
The Archdiocese of Osaka includes the prefectures of Osaka , Hyōgo and Wakayama .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Central Japan
- Félix-Nicolas-Joseph Midon MEP , 1888-1891
Bishops of Osaka
- Félix-Nicolas-Joseph Midon MEP, 1891-1893
- Henri-Caprais Vasselon MEP, 1893-1896
- Jules-Auguste Chatron MEP, 1896-1917
- Jean-Baptiste Castanier MEP, 1918-1940
- Paul Yoshigorō Taguchi , 1941–1969
Archbishops of Osaka
- Cardinal Paul Yoshigorō Taguchi, 1969–1978
- Paul Hisao Yasuda , 1978-1997
- Leo Jun Ikenaga SJ , 1997-2014
- Thomas Aquino Man'yō Cardinal Maeda , since 2014
See also
Web links
- Entry on the website of the Bishops' Conference of Japan in Japanese and English
- Homepage of the Archdiocese of Osaka (Japanese)
- Entry on the Archdiocese of Osaka on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leo XIII: Const. Apost. Non maius Nobis , ASS 24 (1891-1892), pp. 257ff.
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Quamquam Ecclesiae , AAS 62 (1970), n.1, p. 22f.