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Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Osaka 大阪

Japan Japan

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese

Suffragan Sees: Hiroshima 広島, Kyoto 京都, Nagoya 名古屋, Takamatsu 高松

Neighbouring Dioceses: Takamatsu 高松 (↙), Hiroshima 広島 (←), Kyoto 京都 (↗)

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History

  • 1888.03.20: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Central Japan (from Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Japan)
  • 1891.06.15: Promoted as Diocese of Osaka 大阪 / Osaken(sis) (Latin)
  • 1904.01.27: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Shikoku
  • 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)

Special Churches


Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (1997.05.10 – ...):Archbishop Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J. (76)Archbishop Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J. (レオ池長 潤) (76)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan

Auxiliary Bishop (1999.04.19 – ...):Bishop Michael Gorō Matsuura (60)Bishop Michael Gorō Matsuura (ミカエル松浦悟郎) (60)

Titular Bishop of Sfasferia

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Osaka 大阪 (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J. (76)Archbishop Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J. (レオ池長 潤) (76)
(1997.05.10 – ...)

Ardeat ignis / すてに火が燃えていることを

Born:1937.03.11 (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 – ...)

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

Archbishop Paul Hisao Yasuda (91)Archbishop Paul Hisao Yasuda (パウロ安田久雄) (91)
(1978.11.15 – 1997.05.10)

Born:1921.12.20 (Japan)
Ordained Priest:1955.05.21
Consecrated Bishop:1970.03.21

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 (Japan)
Ordained Priest:1928.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:1941.12.14
Created Cardinal:1973.03.05
Died:1978.02.23 († 75)

Prefect Apostolic of Shikoku (Japan) (1941.11.25 – 1962)

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)

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

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 (1941.05.12 – 1943.03.12)

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

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, M.E.P. (アンリ・ヴァスロン)
(1893.08.18 – 1896.03.07)

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, M.E.P. (フェリックス・ニコラス・ミドン)
(1891.06.15 – 1893.04.12)

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 (Japan) (1888.03.23 – 1891.06.15)

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

Vicars Apostolic of Central Japan (Roman Rite)

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

(see above)

Former Prelates


as of 2013.05.03

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