Archdiocese of Osaka–Takamatsu 大阪高松, Japan 🇯🇵 (original) (raw)
Celebrations
History
- 1888.03.20: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Central Japan 日本中部 (from Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Japan 日本南緯)
- 1891.06.15: Promoted as Diocese of Osaka 大阪 / Osaken(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Tokyo 東京)
- 1904.01.27: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Shikoku 四国
- 1912.08.13: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Niigata 新潟
- 1923.05.04: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Hiroshima 広島
- 1937.06.17: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Kyoto 京都
- 1969.06.24: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Osaka 大阪 / Osaken(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Hiroshima 広島, Kyoto 京都, Nagoya 名古屋 and Takamatsu 高松)
- 2023.08.15: Renamed as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Osaka–Takamatsu 大阪高松 / Osaken(sis)–Takamatsuen(sis) (Latin) (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Takamatsu 高松 and lost suffragan see Takamatsu 高松)
Present Prelates
Ordinaries
Metropolitan Archbishops of Osaka–Takamatsu 大阪高松 (Roman Rite) |
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Cardinal Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (トマス・アクィナス 前田万葉) (75) (2023.08.15 – ...)Cardinal-Priest of S. PudenzianaMetropolitan Archbishop of Osaka–Takamatsu 大阪高松 (Japan)Non ministrari sed ministrare |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Osaka 大阪 (Roman Rite) |
Cardinal Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (トマス・アクィナス 前田万葉) (75) (2014.08.20 – 2023.08.15)(see above) |
Archbishop Leo Jun Ikenaga (レオ 池長 潤), S.J. (87) (1997.05.10 – 2014.08.20)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Osaka 大阪 (Japan)Ardeat ignis / すてに火が燃えていることをBorn:1937.03.11 (Kobe, 兵庫県, 関西地方, Japan)Ordained Priest:1968.03.20Consecrated Bishop:1996.03.20Coadjutor Archbishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan) (1995.11.02 – 1997.05.10)Metropolitan Archbishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan) (1997.05.10 – 2014.08.20)President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan (2010 – 2013.06) |
Archbishop Paul Hisao Yasuda (パウロ 安田久雄) (1978.11.15 – 1997.05.10)Pax Christi / Non ministrari sed ministrareBorn:1921.12.20 (Kurume, 福岡県, 九州, Japan)Ordained Priest:1955.05.21Consecrated Bishop:1970.03.21Died:2016.04.23 († 94)Titular Bishop of Tucci (1970.02.05 – 1978.11.15)Auxiliary Bishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan) (1970.02.05 – 1978.11.15)Metropolitan Archbishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan) (1978.11.15 – 1997.05.10) |
Cardinal Paul Yashigoro Taguchi (パウロ 田口 芳五郎) (1969.06.24 – 1978.02.23)Mater mea fiducia mea |
Bishops of Osaka 大阪 (Roman Rite) |
Bishop Paul Yashigoro Taguchi (パウロ 田口 芳五郎) (later Cardinal) (1941.11.25 – 1969.06.24)(see above) |
Msgr. Aloysius Akira Ogihara (アロイジオ 荻原 晃), S.J. (Apostolic Administrator 1940 – 1959) |
Bishop Jean-Baptiste Castanier (ジャン・バティスト・カスタニエ), M.E.P. (1918.07.06 – 1940.12.03)Diligamus opere et veritateBorn:1877.01.07 (France)Ordained Priest:1899.09.23Consecrated Bishop:1918.08.29Died:1943.03.12 († 66)Bishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan) (1918.07.06 – 1940.12.03)Titular Bishop of Zenopolis in Isauria (1940.11.29 – 1943.03.12) |
Bishop Jules-Auguste Chatron (ジェル・オーグスト・シャトロン), M.E.P. (1896.07.22 – 1917.05.07)Fide spe caritateBorn:1844.04.20 (France)Ordained Priest:1869.09.26Consecrated Bishop:1896.10.18Died:1917.05.07 († 73)Bishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan) (1896.07.22 – 1917.05.07) |
Bishop Henri-Caprais Vasselon (アンリ・ヴァスロン), M.E.P. (1893.08.18 – 1896.03.07)Adveniat regnum tuumBorn:1854.04.01 (France)Ordained Priest:1877.04.22Consecrated Bishop:1893.11.30Died:1896.03.07 († 41)Bishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan) (1893.08.18 – 1896.03.07) |
Bishop Félix-Nicolas-Joseph Midon (フェリックス・ニコラス・ミドン), M.E.P. (1891.06.15 – 1893.04.12)Propter eum qui dilexit nosBorn:1840.05.07 (France)Ordained Priest:1864.05.21Consecrated Bishop:1888.06.11Died:1893.04.12 († 52)Titular Bishop of Cæsaropolis (1888.03.23 – 1891.06.15)Vicar Apostolic of Central Japan 日本中部 (Japan) (1888.03.23 – 1891.06.15)Bishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan) (1891.06.15 – 1893.04.12) |
Vicars Apostolic of Central Japan 日本中部 (Roman Rite) |
Bishop Félix-Nicolas-Joseph Midon (フェリックス・ニコラス・ミドン), M.E.P. (1888.03.23 – 1891.06.15)(see above) |
Former Prelates
Statistics (2023)
Area: 33,835 km²
Population: 51,413 Catholics (0.3% of 19,074,755 total)
Pastoral Centres: 105 parishes
Personnel: 173 priests (67 diocesan, 106 religious), 4 deacons, 610 religious (18 brothers, 592 sisters), 3 seminarians