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Japan

Seniority by Bishop Ordination

Ordained
Bishop		YearsNameCurrent Title
Most Senior
8 May 1966 Peter Seiichi Cardinal ShirayanagiArchbishop Emeritus of Tokyo
4 Jan 1970 Archbishop William Aquin CarewApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Japan
18 Jan 1970 Bishop Paul Shinichi ItonagaBishop Emeritus of Kagoshima
25 Jan 1970 Bishop Peter Takaaki HirayamaBishop Emeritus of Oita
21 Mar 1970 Archbishop Paul Hisao YasudaArchbishop Emeritus of Osaka
11 Feb 1973 Bishop Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami, O.F.M. Cap.Bishop Emeritus of Naha
23 Sep 1976 Bishop Raymond Ken'ichi TanakaBishop Emeritus of Kyoto
23 Feb 1985 Bishop Paul Kazuhiro MoriAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tokyo
16 Jun 1985 Bishop Joseph Atsumi MisueBishop of Hiroshima
15 Jan 1988 Bishop Peter Toshio JinushiBishop Emeritus of Sapporo
16 Sep 1991 Archbishop Peter Takeo OkadaArchbishop of Tokyo
4 Jul 1993 Bishop Augustinus Jun-ichi NomuraBishop of Nagoya
Most Junior
4 Mar 2006 Bishop Martin Tetsuo HiragaBishop of Sendai
29 Jan 2006 Bishop Paul Kenjiro KoriyamaBishop of Kagoshima
19 Feb 2005 Bishop James Kazuo KodaAuxiliary Bishop of Tokyo
20 Sep 2004 Bishop Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D.Bishop of Niigata
29 Apr 2002 Archbishop Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, P.S.S.Archbishop of Nagasaki
1 Oct 2000 Bishop Dominic Ryoji MiyaharaBishop of Fukuoka
15 Sep 2000 Bishop Marcellino Taiji TaniBishop of Saitama
9 Sep 2000 Bishop Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe, S.D.B.Bishop of Takamatsu
6 Jan 2000 Archbishop Alberto Bottari de CastelloApostolic Nuncio to Japan
17 Jul 1999 Bishop Michael Goro MatsuuraAuxiliary Bishop of Osaka
15 May 1999 Bishop Rafael Masahiro UmemuraBishop of Yokohama
15 Jun 1997 Bishop Paul Yoshinao OtsukaBishop of Kyoto

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