Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tokyo 東京, Japan

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Tokyo 東京 / Tōkyō / Tokien(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Niigata 新潟, Saitama さいたま, Sapporo 札幌, Sendai 仙台, Yokohama 横浜

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 8

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1876.05.22: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Japan 日本北緯 (from the suppressed Apostolic Vicariate of Japan 日本)
1891.04.17: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Hakodate 函館
1891.06.15: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tokyo 東京 / Tōkyō / Tokien(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Hakodate 函館, Nagasaki 長崎 and Osaka 大阪)
1904.01.27: Gained suffragan see Shikoku 四国
1912.08.13: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Niigata 新潟 and gained suffragan see Niigata 新潟
1915.02.12: Gained suffragan see Sapporo 札幌
1922.02.18: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Nagoya 名古屋 and gained suffragan see Nagoya 名古屋
1923.05.04: Gained suffragan see Hiroshima 広島
1927.03.18: Gained suffragan see Kagoshima 鹿児島
1927.07.16: Gained suffragan see Fukuoka 福岡
1928.03.27: Gained suffragan see Miyazaki 宮崎
1937.06.17: Gained suffragan see Kyoto 京都
1937.11.09: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Yokohama 横浜 and gained suffragan see Yokohama 横浜
1939.01.04: Gained suffragan see Urawa 浦和
1947.01.13: Gained suffragan see Okinawa and the Southern Islands 琉球列島
1959.05.04: Lost suffragan sees Fukuoka 福岡, Kagoshima 鹿児島, Nagasaki 長崎, Miyazaki 宮崎 and Okinawa and the Southern Islands 琉球列島
1969.06.24: Lost suffragan sees Hiroshima 広島, Kyoto 京都, Nagoya 名古屋, Osaka 大阪 and Takamatsu 高松

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2017.10.25 – ...):

Archbishop Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi (タルチシオ菊地功), S.V.D. (65)

President of Caritas Internationalis

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan

General Secretary of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences

Auxiliary Bishop (2023.09.16 – ...):

Bishop Andrea Lembo (アンドレア・レンボ), P.I.M.E. (50)

Titular Bishop of Mulia

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Tokyo 東京 (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi (タルチシオ菊地功), S.V.D. (65)
(2017.10.25 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan)
President of Caritas Internationalis
President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan
General Secretary of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences

Varietate unitas

Born:	1958.11.01 (Iwate, 岩手県, 東北地方, Japan)
Ordained Priest:	1986.03.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.09.20
Created Cardinal:	2024.12.08

Bishop of Niigata 新潟 (Japan) (2004.04.29 – 2017.10.25)

Apostolic Administrator of Sapporo 札幌 (Japan) (2009.11.17 – 2013.06.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan) (2017.10.25 – ...)

General Secretary of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (2021.07.22 – ...)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan (2022.02.14 – ...)

President of Caritas Internationalis (2023.05.13 – ...)

Archbishop Peter Takeo Okada (ペトロ岡田武夫)
(2000.02.17 – 2017.10.25)

主に望みをおく人 / Caritas fides spes

Born:	1941.10.24 (Ichikawa, 千葉県, 関東地方, Japan)
Ordained Priest:	1973.11.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.09.16
Died:	2020.12.18 (Urawa, 埼玉県, 関東地方, Japan † 79)

Bishop of Urawa 浦和 (Japan) (1991.04.15 – 2000.02.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan) (2000.02.17 – 2017.10.25)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan (2007.06 – 2010)

Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan (2010 – 2013.06)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan (2013.06 – 2016.06.17)

Apostolic Administrator of Saitama さいたま (Japan) (2013.07.27 – 2017.10.25)

Cardinal Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi (ペトロ白柳誠一)
(1970.02.21 – 2000.02.17)

Caritas Christi urget nos

Born:	1928.06.17 (Hachiōji, 東京都, 関東地方, Japan)
Ordained Priest:	1954.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.05.08
Created Cardinal:	1994.11.26
Died:	2009.12.30 (Tōkyō, 東京都, 関東地方, Japan † 81)

Priest of Tokyo 東京 (Japan) (1954.12.21 – 1966.03.15)

Titular Bishop of Atenia (1966.03.15 – 1969.11.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan) (1966.03.15 – 1969.11.15)

Titular Archbishop of Castro (1969.11.15 – 1970.02.21)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan) (1969.11.15 – 1970.02.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan) (1970.02.21 – 2000.02.17)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan (1983 – 1992)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza (1994.11.26 – 2009.12.30)

Cardinal Peter Tatsuo Doi (ペトロ土井辰雄)
(1937.12.02 – 1970.02.21)

A solis ortu

Born:	1892.12.22 (Sendai, 宮城県, 東北地方, Japan)
Ordained Priest:	1921.05.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1938.02.13
Created Cardinal:	1960.03.28
Died:	1970.02.21 (Tōkyō, 東京都, 関東地方, Japan † 77)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan) (1937.12.02 – 1970.02.21)

Apostolic Administrator of Yokohama 横浜 (Japan) (1945 – 1947)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan (1958 – 1970.02.21)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana (1960.03.31 – 1970.02.21)

Archbishop Jean-Baptiste-Alexis Chambon (ジャン・アレキシス・ジャンボン), M.E.P.
(1927.03.16 – 1937.11.09)

Born:	1875.03.17 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1899.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1927.05.04
Died:	1948.09.08 († 73)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan) (1927.03.16 – 1937.11.09)

Archbishop-Bishop of Yokohama 横浜 (Japan) (1937.11.09 – 1940.09.18)

Titular Archbishop of Amorium (1940.11.12 – 1948.09.08)

Archbishop Jean-Pierre Rey (ジャン・ピエール・レイ), M.E.P.
(1912.06.01 – 1926.03.06)

Born:	1858.11.03 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1882.03.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1912.07.25
Died:	1930.05.25 († 71)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan) (1912.06.01 – 1926.03.06)

Titular Archbishop of Philippopolis (1926.03.06 – 1930.05.25)

Archbishop François Bonne (フランソワ・ボンヌ), M.E.P.
(1910.09.15 – 1912.01.11)

Born:	1855.03.25 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1879.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1911.05.01
Died:	1912.01.11 († 56)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan) (1910.09.15 – 1912.01.11)

Archbishop Pierre-Xavier Mugabure (ピエール・ザヴィーエ・ムガブル), M.E.P.
(1906.06.27 – 1910.05.27)

Born:	1850.09.01 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1874.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1902.06.22
Died:	1910.05.27 († 59)

Titular Archbishop of Sagalassus (1902.03.21 – 1906.06.27)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan) (1902.03.21 – 1906.06.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan) (1906.06.27 – 1910.05.27)

Archbishop Pierre-Marie Osouf (ピエール・オズーフ), M.E.P.
(1891.06.15 – 1906.06.27)

Born:	1829.03.26 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1852.07.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1877.02.11
Died:	1906.06.27 († 77)

Titular Bishop of Arsinoë (1876.05.20 – 1891.06.15)

Vicar Apostolic of Northern Japan 日本北緯 (Japan) (1876.05.20 – 1891.06.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan) (1891.06.15 – 1906.06.27)

Vicars Apostolic of Northern Japan 日本北緯 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Pierre-Marie Osouf (ピエール・オズーフ), M.E.P. (later Archbishop)
(1876.05.20 – 1891.06.15)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi (ペトロ白柳誠一) (later Cardinal) (1969.11.15 – 1970.02.21)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Pierre-Xavier Mugabure (ピエール・ザヴィーエ・ムガブル), M.E.P. (1902.03.21 – 1906.06.27)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop James Kazuo Koda (ヤコブ幸田和生) (69) (2004.11.29 – 2018.06.23)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Paul Kazuhiro Mori (パウロ森一弘) (1984.12.03 – 2000.05.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Stephen Fumio Hamao (ステファノ濱尾文郎) (later Cardinal) (1970.02.05 – 1979.10.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi (ペトロ白柳誠一) (later Cardinal) (1966.03.15 – 1969.11.15)