Bishop John Eijiro Suwa

Bishop of Takamatsu

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Jul 1947		Born	Kobe
26 Nov 1976	29.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Osaka, Japan
25 Mar 2011	63.7	Appointed	Bishop of Takamatsu, Japan
19 Jun 2011	63.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Takamatsu, Japan

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Takamatsu.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J.
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Alberto Bottari de Castello
Bishop Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe, S.D.B.

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop John Eijiro Suwa (2011)
Archbishop Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J. (1996)
Archbishop Paul Hisao Yasuda (1970)
Archbishop Bruno Wüstenberg † (1966)
Josef Cardinal Frings † (1942)
Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo † (1922)
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (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 †

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 25 Mar 2011
ob/c2+: CB, 20 Jun 2011
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 206, Number 17,078

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