Archdiocese of Tokyo 東京, Japan 🇯🇵 (original) (raw)
Celebrations
History
- 1876.05.22: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Japan 日本北緯 (from the suppressed Apostolic Vicariate of Japan 日本)
- 1891.04.17: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Hakodate 函館
- 1891.06.15: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tokyo 東京 / Tōkyō / Tokien(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Hakodate 函館, Nagasaki 長崎 and Osaka 大阪)
- 1904.01.27: Gained suffragan see Shikoku 四国
- 1912.08.13: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Niigata 新潟 and gained suffragan see Niigata 新潟
- 1915.02.12: Gained suffragan see Sapporo 札幌
- 1922.02.18: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Nagoya 名古屋 and gained suffragan see Nagoya 名古屋
- 1923.05.04: Gained suffragan see Hiroshima 広島
- 1927.03.18: Gained suffragan see Kagoshima 鹿児島
- 1927.07.16: Gained suffragan see Fukuoka 福岡
- 1928.03.27: Gained suffragan see Miyazaki 宮崎
- 1937.06.17: Gained suffragan see Kyoto 京都
- 1937.11.09: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Yokohama 横浜 and gained suffragan see Yokohama 横浜
- 1939.01.04: Gained suffragan see Urawa 浦和
- 1947.01.13: Gained suffragan see Okinawa and the Southern Islands 琉球列島
- 1959.05.04: Lost suffragan sees Fukuoka 福岡, Kagoshima 鹿児島, Nagasaki 長崎, Miyazaki 宮崎 and Okinawa and the Southern Islands 琉球列島
- 1969.06.24: Lost suffragan sees Hiroshima 広島, Kyoto 京都, Nagoya 名古屋, Osaka 大阪 and Takamatsu 高松
Papal Visits
Present Prelates
Ordinaries
| Metropolitan Archbishops of Tokyo 東京 (Roman Rite) |
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 Archbishop Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi (タルチシオ 菊地 功), S.V.D. (65) (2017.10.25 – ...)Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan)President of Caritas InternationalisPresident of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of JapanSecretary General of Federation of Asian Bishops’ ConferencesVarietate unitas |
| Archbishop Peter Takeo Okada (ペトロ 岡田武夫) (2000.02.17 – 2017.10.25)主に望みをおく人 / Caritas fides spes |
| Cardinal Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi (ペトロ 白柳誠一) (1970.02.21 – 2000.02.17)Caritas Christi urget nosBorn:1928.06.17 (Hachiōji, 東京都, 関東地方, Japan)Ordained Priest:1954.12.21Consecrated Bishop:1966.05.08Created Cardinal:1994.11.26Died:2009.12.30 (Tōkyō, 東京都, 関東地方, Japan † 81)Priest of Tokyo 東京 (Japan) (1954.12.21 – 1966.03.15)Titular Bishop of Atenia (1966.03.15 – 1969.11.15)Auxiliary Bishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan) (1966.03.15 – 1969.11.15)Titular Archbishop of Castro (1969.11.15 – 1970.02.21)Coadjutor Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan) (1969.11.15 – 1970.02.21)Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan) (1970.02.21 – 2000.02.17)President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan (1983 – 1992)Cardinal-Priest of S. Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza (1994.11.26 – 2009.12.30) |
| Cardinal Peter Tatsuo Doi (ペトロ 土井辰雄) (1937.12.02 – 1970.02.21)A solis ortu |
| Archbishop Jean-Baptiste-Alexis Chambon (ジャン・アレキシス・ジャンボン), M.E.P. (1927.03.16 – 1937.11.09)Born:1875.03.17 (France)Ordained Priest:1899.09.23Consecrated Bishop:1927.05.04Died:1948.09.08 († 73)Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan) (1927.03.16 – 1937.11.09)Archbishop-Bishop of Yokohama 横浜 (Japan) (1937.11.09 – 1940.09.18)Titular Archbishop of Amorium (1940.11.12 – 1948.09.08) |
| Archbishop Jean-Pierre Rey (ジャン・ピエール・レイ), M.E.P. (1912.06.01 – 1926.03.06)Born:1858.11.03 (France)Ordained Priest:1882.03.04Consecrated Bishop:1912.07.25Died:1930.05.25 († 71)Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan) (1912.06.01 – 1926.03.06)Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis (1926.03.06 – 1930.05.25) |
| Archbishop François Bonne (フランソワ・ボンヌ), M.E.P. (1910.09.15 – 1912.01.11)Born:1855.03.25 (France)Ordained Priest:1879.09.20Consecrated Bishop:1911.05.01Died:1912.01.11 († 56)Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan) (1910.09.15 – 1912.01.11) |
| Archbishop Pierre-Xavier Mugabure (ピエール・ザヴィーエ・ムガブル), M.E.P. (1906.06.27 – 1910.05.27)Born:1850.09.01 (France)Ordained Priest:1874.09.19Consecrated Bishop:1902.06.22Died:1910.05.27 († 59)Titular Archbishop of Sagalassus (1902.03.21 – 1906.06.27)Coadjutor Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan) (1902.03.21 – 1906.06.27)Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan) (1906.06.27 – 1910.05.27) |
| Archbishop Pierre-Marie Osouf (ピエール・オズーフ), M.E.P. (1891.06.15 – 1906.06.27)Born:1829.03.26 (France)Ordained Priest:1852.07.11Consecrated Bishop:1877.02.11Died:1906.06.27 († 77)Titular Bishop of Arsinoë (1876.05.20 – 1891.06.15)Vicar Apostolic of Northern Japan 日本北緯 (Japan) (1876.05.20 – 1891.06.15)Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan) (1891.06.15 – 1906.06.27) |
| Vicars Apostolic of Northern Japan 日本北緯 (Roman Rite) |
| Bishop Pierre-Marie Osouf (ピエール・オズーフ), M.E.P. (later Archbishop) (1876.05.20 – 1891.06.15)(see above) |
Former Prelates
- Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi (ペトロ 白柳誠一) (later Cardinal) (1969.11.15 – 1970.02.21)
- Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Pierre-Xavier Mugabure (ピエール・ザヴィーエ・ムガブル), M.E.P. (1902.03.21 – 1906.06.27)
- Auxiliary Bishop:
Bishop James Kazuo Koda (ヤコブ 幸田和生) (69) (2004.11.29 – 2018.06.23) - Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Paul Kazuhiro Mori (パウロ 森 一弘) (1984.12.03 – 2000.05.10)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Stephen Fumio Hamao (ステファノ 濱尾文郎) (later Cardinal) (1970.02.05 – 1979.10.30)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi (ペトロ 白柳誠一) (later Cardinal) (1966.03.15 – 1969.11.15)
Statistics (2022.12.31)
Area: 7,352 km²
Population: 93,569 Catholics (0.5% of 20,307,005 total)
Pastoral Centres: 78 parishes, 2 missions
Personnel: 309 priests (69 diocesan, 240 religious), 3 deacons, 1,470 religious (337 brothers, 1,133 sisters), 2 seminarians