Japan

Seniority by Priestly Ordination

Ordained Priest	Years	Name	Current Title
Most Senior
15 Jun 1947		Archbishop William Aquin Carew	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Japan
21 Dec 1951		Bishop Raymond Ken’ichi Tanaka	Bishop Emeritus of Kyoto
6 Sep 1952		Bishop Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami, O.F.M. Cap.	Bishop Emeritus of Naha
14 Sep 1952		Bishop Paul Shinichi Itonaga	Bishop Emeritus of Kagoshima
21 May 1955		Archbishop Paul Hisao Yasuda	Archbishop Emeritus of Osaka
19 Mar 1957		Bishop Peter Takaaki Hirayama	Bishop Emeritus of Oita
20 Mar 1960		Bishop Peter Toshio Jinushi	Bishop Emeritus of Sapporo
19 Mar 1962		Bishop Joseph Atsumi Misue	Bishop Emeritus of Hiroshima
9 Feb 1964		Bishop Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe, S.D.B.	Bishop Emeritus of Takamatsu
19 Dec 1964		Bishop Augustinus Jun-ichi Nomura	Bishop of Nagoya
11 Sep 1966		Archbishop Alberto Bottari de Castello	Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary
11 Mar 1967		Bishop Paul Kazuhiro Mori	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Tokyo
Most Junior
21 Mar 1986		Bishop Marcellino Taiji Tani	Bishop of Saitama
15 Mar 1986		Bishop Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D.	Bishop of Niigata
25 Mar 1985		Bishop Rafael Masahiro Umemura	Bishop of Yokohama
3 Mar 1985		Bishop James Kazuo Koda	Auxiliary Bishop of Tokyo
20 Mar 1984		Bishop Paul Yoshinao Otsuka	Bishop of Kyoto
19 Mar 1982		Bishop Dominic Ryoji Miyahara	Bishop of Fukuoka
21 Mar 1981		Bishop Michael Goro Matsuura	Auxiliary Bishop of Osaka
26 Nov 1976		Bishop John Eijiro Suwa	Bishop of Takamatsu
19 Mar 1975		Bishop Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda	Bishop of Hiroshima
19 Mar 1975		Bishop Paul Sueo Hamaguchi	Bishop of Oita
16 Sep 1974		Bishop Martin Tetsuo Hiraga	Bishop of Sendai
3 Nov 1973		Archbishop Peter Takeo Okada	Archbishop of Tokyo

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