Bishop Peter Takaaki Hirayama †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Oita, Japan

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
31 Mar 1924		Born
19 Mar 1957	32.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Fukuoka, Japan
15 Nov 1969	45.6	Appointed	Bishop of Oita, Japan
25 Jan 1970	45.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Oita, Japan
10 May 2000	76.1	Retired	Bishop of Oita, Japan
15 Jul 2023	99.2	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Oita, Japan

MicroData Summary
Peter Takaaki Hirayama
Bishop Peter Takaaki Hirayama
(born 31 Mar 1924, died 15 Jul 2023)
Bishop Emeritus of Oita

Event Place
Birth Place Seoul
Ordained Bishop St. Francis Xavier, Church, Oita, Diocese of Oita
Death Place Oita, Diocese of Oita

a priest for 66.3 years
a bishop for 53.4 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Bruno Wüstenberg †
Titular Archbishop of Tyrus
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Peter Saburo Hirata, P.S.S. †
Bishop of Fukuoka
Bishop Dominic Senyemon Fukahori †
Titular Bishop of Crepedula

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Dominic Ryōji Miyahara (2000)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q514153

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 10, Number 491
d: CB, 15 Jul 2023

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