Archdiocese of Tokyo Archidioecesis Tokiensis カトリック東京大司教区 | |
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Location | |
Country | Japan |
Territory | Tokyo and Chiba |
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%) |
Parishes | 75 |
Information | |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | April 17, 1891 |
Cathedral | St. Mary's Cathedral |
Secular priests | 76 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D. |
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. |
Map | |
Website | |
https://tokyo.catholic.jp/en/ |
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tokyo (Latin: Archidioecesis Tokiensis, Japanese: カトリック東京大司教区) is a Latin Church metropolitan 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.
Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, 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]