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Japan

Seniority by Priestly Ordination

Ordained
Priest		YearsNameCurrent Title
Most Senior
15 Jun 1947 Archbishop William Aquin CarewApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Japan
21 Dec 1951 Bishop Raymond Ken'ichi TanakaBishop Emeritus of Kyoto
6 Sep 1952 Bishop Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami, O.F.M. Cap.Bishop Emeritus of Naha
14 Sep 1952 Bishop Paul Shinichi ItonagaBishop Emeritus of Kagoshima
21 Dec 1954 Peter Seiichi Cardinal ShirayanagiArchbishop Emeritus of Tokyo
21 May 1955 Archbishop Paul Hisao YasudaArchbishop Emeritus of Osaka
19 Mar 1957 Bishop Peter Takaaki HirayamaBishop Emeritus of Oita
20 Mar 1960 Bishop Peter Toshio JinushiBishop of Sapporo
19 Mar 1962 Bishop Joseph Atsumi MisueBishop of Hiroshima
9 Feb 1964 Bishop Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe, S.D.B.Bishop of Takamatsu
19 Dec 1964 Bishop Augustinus Jun-ichi NomuraBishop of Nagoya
11 Sep 1966 Archbishop Alberto Bottari de CastelloApostolic Nuncio to Japan
Most Junior
21 Mar 1986 Bishop Marcellino Taiji TaniBishop of Saitama
15 Mar 1986 Bishop Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D.Bishop of Niigata
25 Mar 1985 Bishop Rafael Masahiro UmemuraBishop of Yokohama
3 Mar 1985 Bishop James Kazuo KodaAuxiliary Bishop of Tokyo
20 Mar 1984 Bishop Paul Yoshinao OtsukaBishop of Kyoto
19 Mar 1982 Bishop Dominic Ryoji MiyaharaBishop of Fukuoka
21 Mar 1981 Bishop Michael Goro MatsuuraAuxiliary Bishop of Osaka
16 Sep 1974 Bishop Martin Tetsuo HiragaBishop of Sendai
3 Nov 1973 Archbishop Peter Takeo OkadaArchbishop of Tokyo
20 Mar 1972 Archbishop Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, P.S.S.Archbishop of Nagasaki
20 Mar 1972 Bishop Paul Kenjiro KoriyamaBishop of Kagoshima
20 Mar 1968 Archbishop Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J.Archbishop of Osaka

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