Japan

Oldest and Youngest Bishops

Birthdate	Age	Name	Current Title
Oldest
1 Dec 1920		Bishop Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop Emeritus of Naha
20 Dec 1921		Archbishop Paul Hisao Yasuda	Archbishop Emeritus of Osaka
23 Oct 1922		Archbishop William Aquin Carew	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Japan
31 Mar 1924		Bishop Peter Takaaki Hirayama	Bishop Emeritus of Oita
31 Aug 1927		Bishop Raymond Ken’ichi Tanaka	Bishop Emeritus of Kyoto
23 Jul 1928		Bishop Paul Shinichi Itonaga	Bishop Emeritus of Kagoshima
20 Sep 1930		Bishop Peter Toshio Jinushi	Bishop Emeritus of Sapporo
5 Mar 1935		Bishop Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe, S.D.B.	Bishop Emeritus of Takamatsu
24 Apr 1936		Bishop Joseph Atsumi Misue	Bishop Emeritus of Hiroshima
11 Mar 1937		Archbishop Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J.	Archbishop of Osaka
20 Nov 1937		Bishop Augustinus Jun-ichi Nomura	Bishop of Nagoya
10 Dec 1938		Bishop Paul Kazuhiro Mori	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tokyo
Youngest
1 Nov 1958		Bishop Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D.	Bishop of Niigata
22 May 1955		Bishop Dominic Ryoji Miyahara	Bishop of Fukuoka
11 Mar 1955		Bishop James Kazuo Koda	Auxiliary Bishop of Tokyo
7 Oct 1954		Bishop Paul Yoshinao Otsuka	Bishop of Kyoto
13 Feb 1953		Bishop Marcellino Taiji Tani	Bishop of Saitama
28 Sep 1952		Bishop Michael Goro Matsuura	Auxiliary Bishop of Osaka
14 Jun 1952		Bishop Rafael Masahiro Umemura	Bishop of Yokohama
3 Mar 1949		Bishop Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda	Bishop of Hiroshima
1 Aug 1948		Bishop Paul Sueo Hamaguchi	Bishop of Oita
8 Jul 1947		Bishop John Eijiro Suwa	Bishop of Takamatsu
21 Mar 1946		Archbishop Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, P.S.S.	Archbishop of Nagasaki
20 Jan 1945		Bishop Martin Tetsuo Hiraga	Bishop of Sendai

Home | Countries | Religious Orders | Popes | Holy See | Roman Curia | Cardinals by Rank
Bishops: All | Living | Deceased | Youngest | Oldest | Cardinal Electors
Dioceses: All | Current | Titular | Vacant | Structured View
Events: Recent | by Date | by Year | Necrology
Conclaves | Consistories | Councils

About Catholic-Hierarchy
Terminology/Site Help
Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2012
code: v2.7.6, 1 Jan 2012; data: 16 Jan 2012