Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tokyo

The Archdiocese of Tokyo (Latin: Archidioecesis Tokiensis; japカトリック 東京 大司教 区, katorikku Tōkyō daishikyōku ) is a location in Japan Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church, headquartered in Tokyo.

The Archdiocese of Tokyo, together with the suffragan Niigata, Saitama, Sapporo, Sendai and Yokohama the ecclesiastical province of Tokyo, which extends across eastern Japan.

History

It was founded on 1 May 1846 under the Apostolic Vicariate of Japan. Already on 22 May 1876 saw the establishment of a second Vicariate in Japan, so that the new name of the Vicariate Japan was changed to northern Japan. With the establishment of the Diocese of Nagasaki, on 15 June 1891, the Vicariate Apostolic was raised to an archbishopric. 1922 and 1937 Tokyo lost again diocesan area of setting up other dioceses; it is limited to the field of Japanese prefectures of Tokyo and Chiba since 1937. Since 1954 there is a diocese of sponsorship between the Archdiocese of Tokyo and the Archdiocese of Cologne, which was initiated by the then Archbishop of Cologne, Cardinal Joseph Frings.

Archbishops of Tokyo

  • Pierre -Marie Osouf ( Vicar Apostolic in 1876, Archbishop 1891-1906 )
  • Pierre -Xavier Mugabure (1906-1910)
  • François Bonne (1910-1911)
  • Jean -Pierre Rey (1912-1926)
  • Jean -Baptiste -Alix Chambon (1926-1937)
  • Peter Tatsuo Doi (1937-1970)
  • Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi (1970-2000)
  • Peter Takeo Okada (since 2000)
Vicar general Friar St. Mary's Cathedral, Tokyo Roman Catholic Diocese of Niigata Roman Catholic Diocese of Saitama Roman Catholic Diocese of Sapporo Roman Catholic Diocese of Sendai Roman Catholic Diocese of Yokohama Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagasaki Peter Shirayanagi
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