Catholic Church in Japan

Catholic Church in Japan - the practice of Latin Catholicism in the eastern island nation of Japan. Article “Catholic Church in Japan” in English Wikipedia has 62.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 25 references and 15 sections.

This article has the best quality in Chinese Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Catholic Church in Japan”, its content was written by 107 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 385 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 327 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2332 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #48165 in May 2019
• Global: #31948 in May 2019

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #77032 in March 2024
• Global: #70098 in March 2024

There are 20 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Chinese (zh) 日本天主教		66.0428
2	English (en) Catholic Church in Japan		62.5677
3	Portuguese (pt) Igreja católica no Japão		60.3019
4	Polish (pl) Kościół katolicki w Japonii		38.395
5	Korean (ko) 일본의 로마 가톨릭교회		33.2995
6	French (fr) Catholicisme au Japon		32.55
7	Finnish (fi) Katolinen kirkko Japanissa		32.0502
8	Japanese (ja) 日本におけるカトリック教会		29.6293
9	Indonesian (id) Gereja Katolik di Jepang		28.0443
10	Italian (it) Chiesa cattolica in Giappone		27.1197

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Catholic Church in Japan" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Catholic Church in Japan		734 155
2	Japanese (ja) 日本におけるカトリック教会		290 104
3	French (fr) Catholicisme au Japon		137 891
4	Spanish (es) Iglesia católica en Japón		112 299
5	Italian (it) Chiesa cattolica in Giappone		90 070
6	Chinese (zh) 日本天主教		84 735
7	Polish (pl) Kościół katolicki w Japonii		65 329
8	Korean (ko) 일본의 로마 가톨릭교회		46 091
9	Russian (ru) Католицизм в Японии		41 429
10	Indonesian (id) Gereja Katolik di Jepang		26 123

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Catholic Church in Japan" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Catholic Church in Japan		5 152
2	Japanese (ja) 日本におけるカトリック教会		1 367
3	Chinese (zh) 日本天主教		674
4	French (fr) Catholicisme au Japon		621
5	Italian (it) Chiesa cattolica in Giappone		362
6	Portuguese (pt) Igreja católica no Japão		259
7	Russian (ru) Католицизм в Японии		237
8	Spanish (es) Iglesia católica en Japón		205
9	Polish (pl) Kościół katolicki w Japonii		161
10	Korean (ko) 일본의 로마 가톨릭교회		154

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Catholic Church in Japan" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Catholic Church in Japan		107
2	Italian (it) Chiesa cattolica in Giappone		48
3	Japanese (ja) 日本におけるカトリック教会		48
4	French (fr) Catholicisme au Japon		40
5	Dutch (nl) Katholieke Kerk in Japan		24
6	Spanish (es) Iglesia católica en Japón		23
7	Korean (ko) 일본의 로마 가톨릭교회		19
8	Russian (ru) Католицизм в Японии		15
9	Chinese (zh) 日本天主教		12
10	Indonesian (id) Gereja Katolik di Jepang		8

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Catholic Church in Japan" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Indonesian (id) Gereja Katolik di Jepang		2
2	Finnish (fi) Katolinen kirkko Japanissa		1
3	French (fr) Catholicisme au Japon		1
4	Polish (pl) Kościół katolicki w Japonii		1
5	Arabic (ar) الرومانية الكاثوليكية في اليابان		0
6	Catalan (ca) Església catòlica al Japó		0
7	Czech (cs) Římskokatolická církev v Japonsku		0
8	English (en) Catholic Church in Japan		0
9	Spanish (es) Iglesia católica en Japón		0
10	Italian (it) Chiesa cattolica in Giappone		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Catholic Church in Japan" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Chinese (zh) 日本天主教		434
2	Indonesian (id) Gereja Katolik di Jepang		328
3	English (en) Catholic Church in Japan		327
4	Japanese (ja) 日本におけるカトリック教会		291
5	Ukrainian (uk) Католицька церква в Японії		247
6	Italian (it) Chiesa cattolica in Giappone		125
7	French (fr) Catholicisme au Japon		93
8	Catalan (ca) Església catòlica al Japó		82
9	Russian (ru) Католицизм в Японии		81
10	Dutch (nl) Katholieke Kerk in Japan		62

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic الرومانية الكاثوليكية في اليابان
ca	Catalan Església catòlica al Japó
cs	Czech Římskokatolická církev v Japonsku
en	English Catholic Church in Japan
es	Spanish Iglesia católica en Japón
fi	Finnish Katolinen kirkko Japanissa
fr	French Catholicisme au Japon
id	Indonesian Gereja Katolik di Jepang
it	Italian Chiesa cattolica in Giappone
ja	Japanese 日本におけるカトリック教会
ko	Korean 일본의 로마 가톨릭교회
nl	Dutch Katholieke Kerk in Japan
no	Norwegian Den katolske kirke i Japan
pl	Polish Kościół katolicki w Japonii
pt	Portuguese Igreja católica no Japão
ru	Russian Католицизм в Японии
tr	Turkish Japonya'da Katolik Kilisesi
uk	Ukrainian Католицька церква в Японії
vi	Vietnamese Công giáo tại Nhật Bản
zh	Chinese 日本天主教

Best Rank

English: #77032 03.2024

Global: #70098 03.2024

Best Rank

English: #48165 05.2019

Global: #31948 05.2019

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