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The Japanese Mission to Europe, 1582–1590; The journey of Four Samurai Boys through Portugal, Spain and Italy. Global Oriental Ltd. ISBN 978-1-901903-38-6. Secretariat, General (2007). "AN OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN JAPAN, 1543-1944". Catholic Bishops' Conference of Japan; Eishiro, Ito (2007).
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 (0.34% of the total population), 6,200 of whom are clerics, religious and seminarians. [ 1 ]
In Japan, the Roman Catholic mission began in August 1549, Protestant mission - in 1859, Eastern Orthodox mission - 1861. [ 2 ] Each different mission founded their churches, determined terms in Japanese, and translated the Bible and other religious books, whose activities are almost separately by denominations.
The Japanese word kirishitan キリシタン is used primarily in Japanese texts for the early history of Roman Catholicism in Japan, or in relation to Kakure Kirishitan, hidden Christians. However, English sources on histories of Japan generally use the term "Christian" without distinction.
Kakure Kirishitan (Japanese: 隠れキリシタン, lit. 'hidden Christians') is a modern term for a member of the Catholic Church in Japan who went underground at the start of the Edo period in the early 17th century (lifted in 1873) due to Christianity's repression by the Tokugawa shogunate (April 1638). [1] [2] [3]
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tokyo (Latin: Archidioecesis Tokiensis, Japanese: カトリック東京大司教区) is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Japan. It was erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Japan on May 1, 1846, by Pope Gregory XVI , and its name was later changed by Pope Pius IX to the Apostolic ...
Nunoike Church, officially the Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, [1] is the main cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nagoya in central Japan. Nagoya was first raised as an Apostolic prefecture in 1922 by Fr. Joseph Reiners, who led the congregation until his retirement in 1941.
Kimura was born into a Christian family in 1565. His grandfather was the very first Japanese convert baptized by the missionary Francis Xavier. Kimura's family background and fluency in Japanese would prove to be valuable assets in his later ministry. [1] Drawn to a life of religious service, Kimura entered the Society of Jesus in 1582.