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The '''Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tokyo''' ({{lang-la|Archidioecesis Tokiensis}}, {{lang-ja|カトリック東京大司教区}}) 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.
The '''Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tokyo''' ({{lang-la|Archidioecesis Tokiensis}}, {{lang-ja|カトリック東京大司教区}}) 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.

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Archdiocese of Tokyo

Archidioecesis Tokiensis

カトリック東京大司教区
St. Mary's Cathedral in Tokyo
Location
CountryJapan
Ecclesiastical provinceTokyo
Statistics
Area7,316 km2 (2,825 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2010)
19,200,258
96,157 (0.5%)
Information
RiteRoman Rite
CathedralSt. Mary's Cathedral
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopPeter Takeo Okada
Auxiliary BishopsJames Kazuo Koda
Vicar GeneralJames Kazuo Koda
Bishops emeritusPaul Kazuhiro Mori Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus (1985-2000)
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

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

Wikisource has the text of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article Tokio.

See also

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