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Revision as of 21:42, 4 December 2013
Archdiocese of Tokyo Archidioecesis Tokiensis カトリック東京大司教区 | |
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 St. Mary's Cathedral in Tokyo | |
| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 7,316 km2 (2,825 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 19,200,258 96,157 (0.5%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Cathedral | St. Mary's Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Peter Takeo Okada |
| Auxiliary Bishops | James Kazuo Koda |
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tokyo (Template:Lang-la, Template:Lang-ja) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Japan. It was erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Japan on May 1, 1846 by Pope Gregory XVI, and its name was later changed by Pope Pius IX to the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Japan on May 22, 1876.
It was elevated to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tokyo by Pope Leo XIII on June 15, 1891, with the suffragan sees of Niigata, Saitama, Sapporo, Sendai, and Yokohama.
Peter Takeo Okada was appointed Archbishop on February 17, 2000.
List of Ordinaries of Tokyo
- Théodore-Augustin Forcade, MEP (1846 - 1852)
- C. Collin ( 1852 - ?)
- Bernard-Thadée Petitjean, MEP (1866 - 1876)
- Pierre-Marie Osouf, MEP (1876 - 1906)
- Pierre-Xavier Mugabure, MEP (1906 - 1910)
- François Bonne, MEP (1910 - 1912)
- Jean-Pierre Rey, MEP (1912 - 1926)
- Jean-Baptiste-Alexis Chambon, MEP (1927 - 1937)
- Peter Tatsuo Doi (1937 - 1970)
- Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi (1970 - 2000)
- Peter Takeo Okada (2000 - )
External links
See also
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