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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| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| Ecclesiastical province | Tokyo |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 7,316 km2 (2,825 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 19,200,258 96,157 (0.5%) |
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| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Cathedral | St. Mary's Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Peter Takeo Okada |
| Auxiliary Bishops | James Kazuo Koda |
| Vicar General | James Kazuo Koda |
| Emeritus Bishops | Paul Kazuhiro Mori Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus (1985-2000) |
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The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tokyo (Latin: Archidioecesis Tokiensis, Japanese: 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.
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
- Théodore-Augustin Forcade, MEP (1846 - 1852)
- C. Collin ( 1852 - ?)
- Bernard-Thadée 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 - present)
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Wikisource has the text of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article Tokio. |
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Coordinates: 35°42′N 139°43′E / 35.700°N 139.717°E
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