Catholic Church in Japan
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The Catholic Church in Japan is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the pope in Rome. As of 2021, there were approximately 431,100 Catholics in Japan, 6,200 of who
Japanese mosaic of Madonna and Child, in the Church of the Annunciation, Nazareth (a gift from Japanese Catholics to the church)
Gravestone (second from the left), in Malacca's St. Paul's Church, of Peter Martinez consecrated as the second bishop of Japan in Goa, 1595 and arrived in Nagasaki, 1596. He left in 1597 following the deaths of the 26 Martyrs of Japan. Died en route to Goa in February 1598.
St. Mary's Cathedral in Tokyo, which serves as the see of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tokyo
Franciscan Chapel Center in Roppongi, Tokyo
Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi
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Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D. is a Japanese Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Tokyo since 2017 and president of Caritas Internationalis since May 2023. He was Bishop of Niigata from 200
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Kikuchi in 2024