Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tokyo

Coordinates: 35°42′N 139°43′E / 35.700°N 139.717°E / 35.700; 139.717
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Archdiocese of Tokyo

Archidioecesis Tokiensis

カトリック東京大司教区
S.V.D.
SuffragansRoman Catholic Diocese of Niigata, Saitama, Sapporo, Sendai, and Yokohama
Auxiliary BishopsAndrea Lembo, P.I.M.E.
Vicar GeneralAndrea Lembo, P.I.M.E.
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Website
https://tokyo.catholic.jp/en/

The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tokyo (

archdiocese of the 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.

S.V.D.,[1] previously serving as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Niigata,[1] was appointed Archbishop of the Tokyo Archdiocese on October 25, 2017.[1]

History

The evangelization of Japan started in 1549 with the arrival of

Saint Francis Xavier and went on until 1587, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi issued an edict forbidding Christianity and ordering all missionaries to leave Japan. In the following years of persecution, also in Edo
(now Tokyo), there were cases of martyrdom in 1612 and 1623.

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

Ordinary (Catholic Church) of the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Japan.[2]

On April 17, 1891, the Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Japan was divided into the Archdiocese of Tokyo and the

Diocese of Hakodate. Pierre-Marie Osouf became the first Archbishop of Tokyo.[2]

On August 13, 1912, the Archdiocese of Tokyo ceded the prefectures of

Prefecture Apostolic of Nagoya
.

In November 1937, Tokyo was entrusted to Japanese clergy, and confined to

Diocese of Yokohama. The first Archbishop selected from among the Japanese clergy was Archbishop Peter Tatsu Doi.[3]

List of ordinaries

See also

  • Roman Catholicism in Japan

References

  1. ^ a b c "Pope appoints a new bishop to Archdiocese of Tokyo, Japan". Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d Cheney, David M. "Tōkyō (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  3. ^ "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.

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35°42′N 139°43′E / 35.700°N 139.717°E / 35.700; 139.717