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 – ...):

Cardinal Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi (タルチシオ菊地功), S.V.D. (66)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Leonardi

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)

Cardinal Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi (タルチシオ菊地功), S.V.D. (66)
(2017.10.25 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Leonardi
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, Japan)
Ordained Priest:	1986.03.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.09.20
Created Cardinal:	2024.12.07

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 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni Leonardi (2024.12.07 – ...)

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, Japan)
Ordained Priest:	1973.11.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.09.16
Died:	2020.12.18 (Urawa, 埼玉県, 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, Japan)
Ordained Priest:	1954.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.05.08
Created Cardinal:	1994.11.26
Died:	2009.12.30 (Tōkyō, 東京都, 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, Japan)
Ordained Priest:	1921.05.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1938.02.13
Created Cardinal:	1960.03.28
Died:	1970.02.21 (Tōkyō, 東京都, 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)