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Japan

Oldest and Youngest Bishops

BirthdateAgeNameCurrent Title
Oldest
1 Dec 1920 Bishop Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami, O.F.M. Cap.Bishop Emeritus of Naha
20 Dec 1921 Archbishop Paul Hisao YasudaArchbishop Emeritus of Osaka
23 Oct 1922 Archbishop William Aquin CarewApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Japan
31 Mar 1924 Bishop Peter Takaaki HirayamaBishop Emeritus of Oita
31 Aug 1927 Bishop Raymond Ken'ichi TanakaBishop Emeritus of Kyoto
17 Jun 1928 Peter Seiichi Cardinal ShirayanagiArchbishop Emeritus of Tokyo
23 Jul 1928 Bishop Paul Shinichi ItonagaBishop Emeritus of Kagoshima
20 Sep 1930 Bishop Peter Toshio JinushiBishop of Sapporo
5 Mar 1935 Bishop Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe, S.D.B.Bishop of Takamatsu
24 Apr 1936 Bishop Joseph Atsumi MisueBishop of Hiroshima
11 Mar 1937 Archbishop Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J.Archbishop of Osaka
20 Nov 1937 Bishop Augustinus Jun-ichi NomuraBishop of Nagoya
Youngest
1 Nov 1958 Bishop Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D.Bishop of Niigata
22 May 1955 Bishop Dominic Ryoji MiyaharaBishop of Fukuoka
11 Mar 1955 Bishop James Kazuo KodaAuxiliary Bishop of Tokyo
7 Oct 1954 Bishop Paul Yoshinao OtsukaBishop of Kyoto
13 Feb 1953 Bishop Marcellino Taiji TaniBishop of Saitama
28 Sep 1952 Bishop Michael Goro MatsuuraAuxiliary Bishop of Osaka
14 Jun 1952 Bishop Rafael Masahiro UmemuraBishop of Yokohama
21 Mar 1946 Archbishop Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, P.S.S.Archbishop of Nagasaki
20 Jan 1945 Bishop Martin Tetsuo HiragaBishop of Sendai
20 Aug 1942 Bishop Paul Kenjiro KoriyamaBishop of Kagoshima
5 Jul 1942 Archbishop Alberto Bottari de CastelloApostolic Nuncio to Japan
24 Oct 1941 Archbishop Peter Takeo OkadaArchbishop of Tokyo

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