Archdiocese of Tokyo 東京
Tokien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Tokyo 東京, Japan
The Archdiocese of Tokyo is the metropolitan Latin Catholic see for the Tokyo area of Japan, elevated to an archdiocese in 1891. Its current ordinary is Archbishop Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D., and its cathedral is St. Mary's Cathedral.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 June 1891
- Latin
- Tokien(sis)
- Patron
- São Paulo Míki e seus companheiros mártires,, São Francisco Xavier
- Annuario code
- 001003241
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 93,569
- Population
- 19,200,258
- Catholic share
- 0.5%
- Priests
- 76
- Catholics per priest
- 1,231
- Extent
- 7,316 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 13
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi
- Born
- 1 November 1958
- Birthplace
- Iwate
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ DEL VERBO DIVINO (VERBITI)
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Mary's Cathedral, Tokyo stands in Tokyo 東京, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Tokyo
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Niigata 新潟Niigata 新潟
- Diocese of Saitama さいたまSaitama さいたま
- Diocese of Sapporo 札幌Sapporo 札幌
- Diocese of Sendai 仙台Sendai 仙台
- Diocese of Yokohama 横浜Yokohama 横浜
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Japan's Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tokyo (Latin: Archidioecesis Tokiensis, Japanese: カトリック東京大司教区) belongs to the Latin Church of the Catholic Church. Pope Gregory XVI erected it as the Apostolic Vicariate of Japan on May 1, 1846, and Pope Pius IX later renamed it the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Japan on May 22, 1876.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].