Bishop(s)
Suffragan Dioceses
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General Information
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Date | Event | From | To |
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Vicariate Apostolic of Japan | |||
1 May 1846 | Erected | Vicariate Apostolic of Japan (erected) | |
22 May 1876 | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Japan | Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Japan (erected) |
Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Japan | |||
22 May 1876 | Name Changed | Vicariate Apostolic of Japan | Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Japan |
4 April 1891 | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Japan | Vicariate Apostolic of Hakodate (erected) |
15 June 1891 | Territory Lost | Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Japan
Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Japan | Diocese of Nagasaki |
Archdiocese of Tōkyō | |||
15 June 1891 | Elevated | Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Japan | Archdiocese of Tōkyō |
13 August 1912 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Hakodate (Akitaken, Tamagataken, and Nygataken)
Archdiocese of Tōkyō (Toyamaken, Ishikawaken, and Fukuiken) | Prefecture Apostolic of Niigata (erected) |
18 February 1922 | Territory Lost | Prefecture Apostolic of Niigata (Fukui, Ishikawa, and Toyama)
Archdiocese of Tōkyō (Aichi and Gifu) | Prefecture Apostolic of Nagoya (erected) |
9 November 1937 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Tōkyō (Kanagawa, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Yamanashi, Nagano, and Shizuoka) | Diocese of Yokohama (erected) |
Year | Catholics | Total Population | Percent Catholic | Diocesan Priests | Religious Priests | Total Priests | Catholics Per Priest | Permanent Deacons | Male Religious | Female Religious | Parishes | Source |
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Archdiocese of Tōkyō | ||||||||||||
1950 | 15,246 | 7,513,000 | .2% | 24 | 118 | 142 | 107 | 65 | 369 | 29 | ap1951 | |
1970 | 57,912 | 14,874,107 | .4% | 67 | 376 | 443 | 130 | 520 | 1,316 | 66 | ap1971 | |
1980 | 65,566 | 16,325,816 | .4% | 73 | 390 | 463 | 141 | 1 | 641 | 1,690 | 73 | ap1981 |
1990 | 82,381 | 17,069,611 | .5% | 81 | 413 | 494 | 166 | 1 | 644 | 1,897 | 79 | ap1991 |
1999 | 84,437 | 17,775,082 | .5% | 83 | 344 | 427 | 197 | 504 | 1,594 | 79 | ap2000 | |
2000 | 85,376 | 17,880,513 | .5% | 83 | 337 | 420 | 203 | 1 | 489 | 1,579 | 79 | ap2001 |
2001 | 87,038 | 17,986,093 | .5% | 79 | 328 | 407 | 213 | 1 | 479 | 1,596 | 78 | ap2002 |
2002 | 87,081 | 17,999,755 | .5% | 78 | 310 | 388 | 224 | 1 | 451 | 1,583 | 78 | ap2003 |
2003 | 89,310 | 18,290,876 | .5% | 79 | 318 | 397 | 224 | 1 | 446 | 1,494 | 77 | ap2004 |
2004 | 89,409 | 18,408,577 | .5% | 79 | 311 | 390 | 229 | 1 | 448 | 1,475 | 73 | ap2005 |
2010 | 96,157 | 19,200,258 | .5% | 82 | 281 | 363 | 264 | 1 | 375 | 1,431 | 75 | ap2011 |
2014 | 98,415 | 19,383,095 | .5% | 76 | 310 | 386 | 254 | 1 | 403 | 1,296 | 75 | ap2015 |
2017 | 96,811 | 19,889,238 | .5% | 76 | 258 | 334 | 289 | 1 | 340 | 1,320 | 75 | ap2018 |
2020 | 97,656 | 20,230,377 | .5% | 72 | 258 | 330 | 295 | 2 | 336 | 1,204 | 80 | ap2021 |
2022 | 98,290 | 20,261,029 | .5% | 66 | 230 | 296 | 332 | 3 | 311 | 1,177 | 79 | ap2023 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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