Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tokyo
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The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tokyo (Latin: Archidioecesis Tokiensis) 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.
The current archbishop is His Excellency Peter Takeo Okada, since his appointment on February 17, 2000.
[edit] List of Ordinaries of Tokyo
- 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)
- Peter Tatsuo Doi (1937 - 1970)
- Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi (1970 - 2000)
- Peter Takeo Okada (2000 - )
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