Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tokyo
Archdiocese of Tokyo Archidioecesis Tokiensis カトリック東京大司教区 | |
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Suffragans | Roman Catholic Diocese of Niigata, Saitama, Sapporo, Sendai, and Yokohama |
Auxiliary Bishops | Andrea Lembo, P.I.M.E. |
Vicar General | Andrea Lembo, P.I.M.E. |
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Website | |
https://tokyo.catholic.jp/en/ |
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tokyo (
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.
History
The evangelization of Japan started in 1549 with the arrival of
After the “seclusion period”, the first missionaries of the Paris Foreign Missions Society arrived in Japan in 1858, and were stationed in the three ports of Nagasaki, Yokohama and Hakodate.
On 1 May 1846, Vicariate Apostolic of Japan was erected.[2]
On 22 May 1876, the
On April 17, 1891, the Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Japan was divided into the Archdiocese of Tokyo and the
On August 13, 1912, the Archdiocese of Tokyo ceded the prefectures of
In November 1937, Tokyo was entrusted to Japanese clergy, and confined to
List of ordinaries
- Théodore-Augustin Forcade, MEP (1846 - 1852)
- C. Collin ( 1852 - ?)
- Bernard 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)
- (Cardinal) Peter Tatsuo Doi (1937 - 1970)
- (Cardinal) Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi(1970 - 2000)
- Peter Takeo Okada (2000 - 2017)
- Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi (2017–present)
See also
- Roman Catholicism in Japan
References
- ^ a b c "Pope appoints a new bishop to Archdiocese of Tokyo, Japan". Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ a b c d Cheney, David M. "Tōkyō (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ "Tokyo Archdiocese - カトリック東京大司教区 ウェブサイト". tokyo.catholic.jp. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
External links
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