Bishop Rafael Masahiro Umemura

Bishop of Yokohama, Japan

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Jun 1952		Born
25 Mar 1985	32.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Yokohama, Japan
16 Mar 1999	46.7	Appointed	Bishop of Yokohama, Japan
15 May 1999	46.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Yokohama, Japan

MicroData Summary
Rafael Masahiro Umemura
Bishop Rafael Masahiro Umemura
(born 14 Jun 1952)
Bishop of Yokohama

Ad Limina - December 2007: Bishop
Ad Limina - March 2015: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Yokohama

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Yokohama.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Peter Seiichi Cardinal Shirayanagi †
Archbishop of Tōkyō
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Stephen Fumio Hamao †
Bishop Emeritus of Yokohama
Archbishop Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto, Ist. del Prado †
Archbishop of Nagasaki

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Peter Seiichi Cardinal Shirayanagi † (1966)
Archbishop of Tōkyō
Archbishop Mario Cagna † (1962)
Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Marcellino Taiji Tani (2000)
Tarcisio Isao Cardinal Kikuchi, S.V.D. (2004)
Bishop James Kazuo Koda (2005)
Bishop Paul Daisuke Narui, S.V.D. (2020)
Bishop Andrea Lembo, P.I.M.E. (2023)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2126966

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 155, Number 13,554
c34: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 156, Additions/Corrections (front)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 200, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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