Metropolitan Archdiocese of Osaka 大阪, Japan

Metropolitan Archbishop (2014.08.20 – ...):	Cardinal Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (トマス・アクィナス前田万葉) (74) Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana
Auxiliary Bishop (2018.06.02 – ...):	Bishop Paul Toshihiro Sakai (パウロ酒井俊弘) (63) Titular Bishop of Nova barbara

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Osaka 大阪 (Roman Rite)

Cardinal Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (トマス・アクィナス前田万葉) (74)
(2014.08.20 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana
Metropolitan Archbishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan)

Non ministrari sed ministrare

Born:	1949.03.03 (Tsuwasaki, 神奈川県, 関東地方, Japan)
Ordained Priest:	1975.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.09.23
Created Cardinal:	2018.06.28

Bishop of Hiroshima 広島 (Japan) (2011.06.13 – 2014.08.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan) (2014.08.20 – ...)

Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan (2016.06.17 – 2022.02.14)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana (2018.06.28 [2018.12.16] – ...)

Archbishop Leo Jun Ikenaga (レオ池長潤), S.J. (86)
(1997.05.10 – 2014.08.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Osaka 大阪 (Japan)

Ardeat ignis / すてに火が燃えていることを

Born:	1937.03.11 (Kobe, 兵庫県, 関西地方, Japan)
Ordained Priest:	1968.03.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.03.20

Coadjutor Archbishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan) (1995.11.02 – 1997.05.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan) (1997.05.10 – 2014.08.20)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan (2010 – 2013.06)

Archbishop Paul Hisao Yasuda (パウロ安田久雄)
(1978.11.15 – 1997.05.10)

Pax Christi / Non ministrari sed ministrare

Born:	1921.12.20 (Kurume, 福岡県, 九州, Japan)
Ordained Priest:	1955.05.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.03.21
Died:	2016.04.23 († 94)

Titular Bishop of Tucci (1970.02.05 – 1978.11.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan) (1970.02.05 – 1978.11.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan) (1978.11.15 – 1997.05.10)

Cardinal Paul Yashigoro Taguchi (パウロ田口芳五郎)
(1969.06.24 – 1978.02.23)

Mater mea fiducia mea

Born:	1902.07.20 (Sotome, 長崎県, 九州, Japan)
Ordained Priest:	1928.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1941.12.14
Created Cardinal:	1973.03.05
Died:	1978.02.23 (Ōsaka, 大阪府, 関西地方, Japan † 75)

Apostolic Administrator of Shikoku 四国 (Japan) (1941.11.25 – 1963.09.13)

Bishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan) (1941.11.25 – 1969.06.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan) (1969.06.24 – 1978.02.23)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan (1970 – 1978.02.23)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Via (1973.03.05 – 1978.02.23)

Bishops of Osaka 大阪 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Paul Yashigoro Taguchi (パウロ田口芳五郎) (later Cardinal)
(1941.11.25 – 1969.06.24)

(see above)

Msgr. Aloysius Akira Ogihara (アロイジオ荻原晃), S.J.
(Apostolic Administrator 1940 – 1959)

Bishop Jean-Baptiste Castanier (ジャン・バティスト・カスタニエ), M.E.P.
(1918.07.06 – 1940.12.03)

Diligamus opere et veritate

Born:	1877.01.07 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1899.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1918.08.29
Died:	1943.03.12 († 66)

Bishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan) (1918.07.06 – 1940.12.03)

Titular Bishop of Zenopolis in Isauria (1940.11.29 – 1943.03.12)

Bishop Jules-Auguste Chatron (ジェル・オーグスト・シャトロン), M.E.P.
(1896.07.22 – 1917.05.07)

Fide spe caritate

Born:	1844.04.20 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1869.09.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1896.10.18
Died:	1917.05.07 († 73)

Bishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan) (1896.07.22 – 1917.05.07)

Bishop Henri-Caprais Vasselon (アンリ・ヴァスロン), M.E.P.
(1893.08.18 – 1896.03.07)

Adveniat regnum tuum

Born:	1854.04.01 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1877.04.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1893.11.30
Died:	1896.03.07 († 41)

Bishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan) (1893.08.18 – 1896.03.07)

Bishop Félix-Nicolas-Joseph Midon (フェリックス・ニコラス・ミドン), M.E.P.
(1891.06.15 – 1893.04.12)

Propter eum qui dilexit nos

Born:	1840.05.07 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1864.05.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1888.06.11
Died:	1893.04.12 († 52)

Titular Bishop of Cæsaropolis (1888.03.23 – 1891.06.15)

Vicar Apostolic of Central Japan 日本中部 (Japan) (1888.03.23 – 1891.06.15)

Bishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan) (1891.06.15 – 1893.04.12)

Vicars Apostolic of Central Japan 日本中部 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Félix-Nicolas-Joseph Midon (フェリックス・ニコラス・ミドン), M.E.P.
(1888.03.23 – 1891.06.15)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Leo Jun Ikenaga (レオ池長潤), S.J. (86) (1995.11.02 – 1997.05.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Josep María Abella Batlle (ホセ・マリア・アベイヤ), C.M.F. (73) (2018.06.02 – 2020.04.14)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Michael Gorō Matsuura (ミカエル松浦悟郎) (70) (1999.04.19 – 2015.03.29)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Paul Hisao Yasuda (パウロ安田久雄) (later Archbishop) (1970.02.05 – 1978.11.15)

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Statistics

Area: 15,031 km²

Population: 48,501 Catholics (0.3% of 15,170,318 total) (2020)

Statistics: 77 parishes, 142 priests (43 diocesan, 99 religious), 1 deacon, 659 lay religious (116 brothers, 543 sisters), 3 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: March 21

History

1888.03.20: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Central Japan 日本中部 (from Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Japan 日本南緯)
1891.06.15: Promoted as Diocese of Osaka 大阪 / Osaken(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Tokyo 東京)
1904.01.27: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Shikoku 四国
1912.08.13: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Niigata 新潟
1923.05.04: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Hiroshima 広島
1937.06.17: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Kyoto 京都
1969.06.24: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Osaka 大阪 / Osaken(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Hiroshima 広島, Kyoto 京都, Nagoya 名古屋 and Takamatsu 高松)