Bishop Raymond Ken’ichi Tanaka †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Kyōto, Japan

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Aug 1927		Born
21 Dec 1951	24.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
8 Jul 1976	48.8	Appointed	Bishop of Kyōto, Japan
23 Sep 1976	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kyōto, Japan
3 Mar 1997	69.5	Resigned	Bishop of Kyōto, Japan
29 Jul 2021	93.9	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Kyōto, Japan

MicroData Summary
Raymond Ken’ichi Tanaka
Bishop Raymond Ken’ichi Tanaka
(born 31 Aug 1927, died 29 Jul 2021)
Bishop Emeritus of Kyōto

Event Place
Birth Place Uwajima
Ordained Bishop Auditorium, Rakusei Viatorian School, Kyōto, Diocese of Kyōto
Death Place Uwajima

a priest for 69.6 years
a bishop for 44.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Paul Yoshigoro Cardinal Taguchi †
Archbishop of Osaka
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Paul Yoshiyuki Furuya †
Bishop Emeritus of Kyōto
Bishop Franciscus Xaverius Eikichi Tanaka †
Bishop of Takamatsu

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Paul Yoshigoro Cardinal Taguchi † (1941)
Archbishop of Osaka
Archbishop Paolo Marella † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Doclea
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
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 Paul Yoshinao Otsuka (1997)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J. (1996)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q785885

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 38, Number 2,379
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 101, Number 8,746
d: CB, 30 Jul 2021
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 250, Necrology (back)

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