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Seniority by Bishop Ordination


Ordained
Bishop
YearsNameCurrent Title
Most Senior
4 Jul 1993 Bishop Augustinus Jun-ichi NomuraBishop Emeritus of Nagoya
20 Mar 1996 Archbishop Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J.Archbishop Emeritus of Osaka
25 May 1997 Bishop Berard Toshio Oshikawa, O.F.M. Conv.Bishop Emeritus of Naha
15 Jun 1997 Bishop Paul Yoshinao OtsukaBishop of Kyōto
15 May 1999 Bishop Rafael Masahiro UmemuraBishop of Yokohama
17 Jul 1999 Bishop Michael Gorō MatsuuraBishop of Nagoya
6 Jan 2000 Archbishop Alberto Bottari de CastelloApostolic Nuncio
15 Sep 2000 Bishop Marcellino Taiji TaniBishop Emeritus of Saitama
1 Oct 2000 Bishop Dominic Ryōji MiyaharaBishop Emeritus of Fukuoka
29 Apr 2002 Archbishop Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, P.S.S.Archbishop Emeritus of Nagasaki
20 Sep 2004 Tarcisio Isao Cardinal Kikuchi, S.V.D.Archbishop of Tōkyō
19 Feb 2005 Bishop James Kazuo KodaAuxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tōkyō
Most Junior
16 Dec 2023 Bishop Andrea Lembo, P.I.M.E.Auxiliary Bishop of Tōkyō
3 Jul 2022 Bishop Sulpizio Shinzo MoriyamaBishop of Oita
19 Mar 2022 Bishop Edgar Cuntapay Gacutan, C.I.C.M.Bishop of Sendai
22 Sep 2020 Bishop Paul Daisuke Narui, S.V.D.Bishop of Niigata
16 Sep 2019 Archbishop Peter Michiaki NakamuraArchbishop of Nagasaki
8 Oct 2018 Bishop Francis Xavier Hiroaki NakanoBishop of Kagoshima
24 Sep 2018 Bishop Mario Michiaki Yamanouchi, S.D.B.Bishop of Saitama
16 Jul 2018 Bishop Paul Toshihiro SakaiAuxiliary Bishop of Osaka-Takamatsu
16 Jul 2018 Bishop Josep Maria Abella Batlle, C.M.F.Bishop of Fukuoka
12 Feb 2018 Bishop Wayne Francis Berndt, O.F.M. Cap.Bishop of Naha
19 Sep 2016 Bishop Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama, P.S.S.Bishop of Hiroshima
28 May 2016 Archbishop Francisco Gerardo Escalante MolinaApostolic Nuncio to Japan

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