Tarcisio Isao Cardinal Kikuchi, S.V.D.

Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan

Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Leonardi

Motto: Unity in Diversity

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Nov 1958		Born
Mar 1985	26.3	Professed	Member of Society of the Divine Word
15 Mar 1986	27.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of the Divine Word
29 Apr 2004	45.4	Appointed	Bishop of Niigata, Japan
20 Sep 2004	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Niigata, Japan
25 Oct 2017	58.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan
16 Dec 2017	59.1	Installed	Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan
16 Dec 2017	59.1	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Niigata, Japan
22 Sep 2020	61.8	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Niigata, Japan
7 Dec 2024	66.0	Elevated to Cardinal
7 Dec 2024	66.0	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Leonardi
9 Oct 2025	66.9	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni Leonardi

MicroData Summary
Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi
Tarcisio Isao Cardinal Kikuchi S.V.D.
(born 1 Nov 1958)
Archbishop of Tōkyō

Event Place
Birth Place Iwate
Ordained Bishop salle de Seishin Girls` High School, Niigata, Diocese of Niigata

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Tōkyō.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Aloysius Nobuo Soma †
Bishop of Nagoya
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Peter Takeo Okada †
Archbishop of Tōkyō
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Rafael Masahiro Umemura
Bishop of Yokohama
Bishop Marcellino Taiji Tani
Bishop of Saitama

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Peter Takeo Okada † (1991)
Archbishop of Tōkyō
Archbishop Peter Seiichi 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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Mario Michiaki Yamanouchi, S.D.B. (2018)
Bishop Paul Daisuke Narui, S.V.D. (2020)
Bishop Edgar Cuntapay Gacutan, C.I.C.M. (2022)
Bishop Andrea Lembo, P.I.M.E. (2023)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Martin Tetsuo Hiraga (2006)
Bishop Bernard Taiji Katsuya (2013)
Bishop Wayne Francis Berndt, O.F.M. Cap. (2018)
Bishop Josep Maria Abella Batlle, C.M.F. (2018)
Bishop Paul Toshihiro Sakai (2018)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 251543220
WikiData: Q2394025

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 176, Number 14,689
ab: Bollettino, 25 Oct 2017
i/ab: CB, 16 Dec 2017
card: Bollettino, 6 Oct 2024
ab: Bollettino, 7 Dec 2024
i: Bollettino, 3 Oct 2025

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