Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Osaka-Takamatsu

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Archdiocese of Osaka-Takamatsu Archidioecesis Osakensis-Takamatsuensis カトリック大阪高松大司教区
Location
Country	Japan
Territory	Osaka, Hyōgo, Wakayama, Kagawa, Ehime, Tokushima, and Kōchi
Ecclesiastical province	Osaka
Statistics
Area	33,835 km2 (13,064 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2023) 19,074,755 51,413 (0.3%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	Saint Mary’s Cathedral in Osaka
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Metropolitan Archbishop	Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda
Auxiliary Bishops	Paul Toshihiro Sakai
Bishops emeritus	Leo Jun Ikenaga Archbishop Emeritus (1997-2014)
Map
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

The Archdiocese of Osaka-Takamatsu (Latin: Archidiocesis Osakensis-Takamatsuensis, Japanese: カトリック大阪高松大司教区, Katorikku Oosaka Daishikyouku) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Japan. Its episcopal see is the city of Osaka.^[1]

History

• March 20, 1888: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Central Japan from the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Japan
• June 15, 1891: Promoted as Diocese of Osaka

Funerals of a missionary, Osaka (around 1910)

• June 24, 1969: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Osaka
• August 15, 2023: Incorporated with Diocese of Takamatsu to form Metropolitan Archdiocese of Osaka-Takamatsu.^[2]

Leadership

• Archbishops of Osaka-Takamatsu
  • Cardinal Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (トマス・アクィナス前田万葉) (August 15, 2023 – present)

• Archbishops of Osaka
  • Cardinal Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (トマス・アクィナス前田万葉) (August 20, 2014 – August 15, 2023)
  • Archbishop Leo Jun Ikenaga (レオ池長潤), S.J. (May 10, 1997 – August 20, 2014)
  • Archbishop Paul Hisao Yasuda (パウロ安田久雄) (November 15, 1978 – May 10, 1997)
  • Cardinal Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi (パウロ田口芳五郎) (June 24, 1969 – February 23, 1978)
• Bishops of Osaka 大阪
  • Cardinal Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi (パウロ田口芳五郎) (1941.11.25 – 1969.06.24)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Bishop Henri-Caprais Vasselon (アンリ・ヴァスロン), M.E.P. (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)
• Vicars Apostolic of Central Japan
  • 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)

Suffragan dioceses

• Hiroshima 広島
• Kyoto 京都
• Nagoya 名古屋

See also

• Catholic Church in Japan