Bishop Francis Keiichi Sato, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Niigata

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
11 Apr 1928		Born	Asahikawa
17 Sep 1959	31.4	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Minor
7 Oct 1962	34.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
9 Mar 1985	56.9	Appointed	Bishop of Niigata, Japan
9 Jun 1985	57.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Niigata, Japan
14 May 2004	76.1	Retired	Bishop of Niigata, Japan
2 Jan 2005	76.7	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Niigata, Japan

a priest for 42.2 years
a bishop for 19.6 years

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

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Francis Keiichi Sato, O.F.M. † (1985)
Peter Seiichi Cardinal Shirayanagi (1966)
Archbishop Mario Cagna † (1962)
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe, S.D.B.
Bishop Marcellino Taiji Tani

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