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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 ]
Superbook (スーパーブック, Sūpābukku), also known as Animated Parent and Child Theatre (アニメ 親子劇場, Anime Oyako Gekijō), [1] is a Japanese Christian anime television series from the early 1980s, initially produced at Tatsunoko Production and TV Tokyo in Japan in conjunction with the Christian Broadcasting Network in the United States.
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.
Egami Church (江上天主堂, Egami Tenshudō) is a Catholic church in Gotō, Nagasaki, Japan. The church was first constructed in 1918 after the ban on Christianity was lifted. It is often considered one of the finest wooden churches in Japan.
The new church, consecrated on May 22, 1879, was the first in Kyushu to be built with brick, as opposed to the original wooden structure. In 1891 it was designated the cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Nagasaki (now the Catholic Archdiocese of Nagasaki). Ōura Cathedral was designated as a National Treasure in 1933. [5]
Sakitsu Church is a Catholic church in Amakusa, Kumamoto, Japan.. It was first constructed in 1888 but it was renovated and moved to its current location in 1934. [1] It was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 2018 along with the rest of Sakitsu village.
The St. Ignatius Church (Japanese: 聖イグナチオ教会) is a Catholic church located in Kōjimachi district of Tokyo, Japan. Also known as the Kōjimachi Catholic Church, it was established with its current name on April 17, 1949, and is dedicated to Saint Ignatius of Loyola. The dedication ceremony was offered by Archbishop Peter Tatsuo ...