Archdiocese of Tokyo
| Archdiocese of Tokyo | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Japan |
| Ecclesiastical province | Tokyo |
| Diocesan bishop | Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi SVD |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Peter Takeo Okada |
| Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
Paul Kazuhiro Mori James Kazuo Koda |
| Vicar General | James Kazuo Koda |
| founding | 1846 |
| surface | 7,343 km² |
| Parishes | 75 (2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Residents | 19,383,095 (2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics | 98,415 (2014 / AP2015 ) |
| proportion of | 0.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 76 (2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 310 (2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 255 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Friars | 403 (2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 1,296 (2014 / AP2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Japanese |
| cathedral | St. Mary |
| Website | www.tokyo.catholic.jp |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Niigata Diocese of Saitama Diocese of Sapporo Diocese of Sendai Diocese of Yokohama |
The Archdiocese of Tokyo ( Latin : Archidioecesis Tokiensis ; Japanese カ ト リ ッ ク 東京 大 司 教区 , katorikku Tōkyō daishikyōku ) is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Japan and is based in Tokyo .
The Archdiocese of Tokyo, together with the suffragan dioceses Niigata , Saitama , Sapporo , Sendai and Yokohama, form the ecclesiastical province of Tokyo, which extends over eastern Japan .
history
It was founded on May 1, 1846 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Japan. As early as May 22, 1876, a second vicariate was founded in Japan, so that the new name of the vicariate of Japan was changed to Northern Japan. With the establishment of the Diocese of Nagasaki on June 15, 1891, the Apostolic Vicariate was elevated to an archdiocese . In 1922 and 1937 Tokyo lost again diocesan territory to establish further dioceses; it has been limited to the area of the Japanese prefectures of Tokyo and Chiba since 1937 . Since 1954 there has been a diocese sponsorship between the Archdiocese of Tokyo and the Archdiocese of Cologne , which was initiated by the then Archbishop of Cologne, Joseph Cardinal Frings .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic
- Pierre-Marie Osouf (1876-1891)
Archbishops of Tokyo
- Pierre-Marie Osouf (1891-1906)
- Pierre-Xavier Mugabure (1906-1910)
- François Bonne (1910-1911)
- Jean-Pierre Rey (1912-1926)
- Jean-Baptiste-Alix Chambon (1926–1937)
- Peter Tatsuo Cardinal Doi (1937-1970)
- Peter Seiichi Cardinal Shirayanagi (1970-2000)
- Peter Takeo Okada (2000-2017)
- Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi SVD (since 2017)
See also
Web links
- Entry on the website of the Bishops' Conference of Japan in Japanese and English
- Archdiocese of Tokyo website (Japanese)
- Entry for the Archdiocese of Tokyo on catholic-hierarchy.org
