| Archdiocese of Tokyo Archidioecesis Tokiensis カトリック東京大司教区 |
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St. Mary's Cathedral in Tokyo |
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| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| Metropolitan | Sekiguchi 3-16-15, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-0014 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 7,316 km2 (2,825 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2004) 18,408,577 89,409 (0.5%) |
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| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Cathedral | St. Mary's Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Benedict XVI |
| Bishop | Peter Takeo Okada |
| Auxiliary Bishop | James Kazuo Koda |
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tokyo (Latin: Archidioecesis Tokiensis, Japanese: カトリック東京大司教区) 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.
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