Bishop Francis Xavier Hiroaki Nakano

Bishop of Kagoshima, Japan

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Apr 1951		Born
2 Apr 1978	26.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Kagoshima, Japan
7 Jul 2018	67.2	Appointed	Bishop of Kagoshima, Japan
8 Oct 2018	67.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kagoshima, Japan

MicroData Summary
Francis Xavier Hiroaki Nakano
Bishop Francis Xavier Hiroaki Nakano
(born 15 Apr 1951)
Bishop of Kagoshima

Event Place
Birth Place Kagoshima, Diocese of Kagoshima
Ordained Bishop Houzan Hall, Kagoshima, Diocese of Kagoshima

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Kagoshima.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Paul Kenjiro Koriyama
Bishop Emeritus of Kagoshima
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Thomas Aquino Manyo Cardinal Maeda
Archbishop of Osaka
Archbishop Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, P.S.S.
Archbishop of Nagasaki

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Paul Kenjiro Koriyama (2006)
Bishop Emeritus of Kagoshima
Bishop Paul Shinichi Itonaga † (1970)
Bishop Emeritus of Kagoshima
Archbishop Bruno Wüstenberg † (1966)
Titular Archbishop of Tyrus
Josef Cardinal Frings † (1942)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo † (1922)
Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Libya
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Sulpizio Shinzo Moriyama (2022)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q55409798

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 7 Jul 2018
ob: CB, 17 Jul 2018
c2+: CB, 8 Oct 2018
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 238, Number 19,938

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