Bishop Francis Keiichi Sato, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Niigata, Japan

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Apr 1928		Born
17 Sep 1959	31.4	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Minor
7 Oct 1962	34.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
9 Mar 1985	56.9	Appointed	Bishop of Niigata, Japan
9 Jun 1985	57.1	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Niigata, Japan
14 May 2004	76.0	Retired	Bishop of Niigata, Japan
2 Jan 2005	76.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Niigata, Japan

MicroData Summary
Francis Keiichi Sato
Bishop Francis Keiichi Sato O.F.M.
(born 11 Apr 1928, died 2 Jan 2005)
Bishop Emeritus of Niigata

Event Place
Birth Place Asahikawa
Ordained Bishop Niigata, Diocese of Niigata

a priest for 42.2 years
a bishop for 19.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi †
Archbishop of Tōkyō
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Shojiro Ito †
Bishop Emeritus of Niigata
Bishop Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto, Ist. del Prado †
Bishop of Urawa

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe, S.D.B. † (2000)
Bishop Marcellino Taiji Tani (2000)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q9262124

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 183, Necrology (back)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 200, Deceased Cardinals (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 100, Number 8,648

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