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Oldest and Youngest Bishops


BirthdateAgeNameCurrent Title
Oldest
11 Mar 1937 Archbishop Leo Jun Ikenaga, S.J.Archbishop Emeritus of Osaka
20 Nov 1937 Bishop Augustinus Jun-ichi NomuraBishop Emeritus of Nagoya
25 Mar 1941 Bishop Berard Toshio Oshikawa, O.F.M. Conv.Bishop Emeritus of Naha
5 Jul 1942 Archbishop Alberto Bottari de CastelloApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Hungary
20 Aug 1942 Bishop Paul Kenjiro KoriyamaBishop Emeritus of Kagoshima
20 Jan 1945 Bishop Martin Tetsuo HiragaBishop Emeritus of Sendai
21 Mar 1946 Archbishop Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, P.S.S.Archbishop Emeritus of Nagasaki
8 Jul 1947 Bishop John Eijiro SuwaBishop Emeritus of Takamatsu
3 Mar 1949 Thomas Aquino Manyo Cardinal MaedaArchbishop of Osaka-Takamatsu
3 Nov 1949 Bishop Josep Maria Abella Batlle, C.M.F.Bishop of Fukuoka
15 Apr 1951 Bishop Francis Xavier Hiroaki NakanoBishop of Kagoshima
14 Jun 1952 Bishop Rafael Masahiro UmemuraBishop of Yokohama
Youngest
12 May 1974 Bishop Andrea Lembo, P.I.M.E.Auxiliary Bishop of Tōkyō
24 Nov 1973 Bishop Paul Daisuke Narui, S.V.D.Bishop of Niigata
29 Jan 1965 Archbishop Francisco Gerardo Escalante MolinaApostolic Nuncio to Japan
23 Sep 1964 Bishop Edgar Cuntapay Gacutan, C.I.C.M.Bishop of Sendai
20 May 1962 Bishop Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama, P.S.S.Bishop of Hiroshima
21 Mar 1962 Archbishop Peter Michiaki NakamuraArchbishop of Nagasaki
23 Mar 1960 Bishop Paul Toshihiro SakaiAuxiliary Bishop of Osaka-Takamatsu
17 Jan 1959 Bishop Sulpizio Shinzo MoriyamaBishop of Oita
1 Nov 1958 Archbishop Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D.Archbishop of Tōkyō
8 Dec 1955 Bishop Mario Michiaki Yamanouchi, S.D.B.Bishop of Saitama
2 Dec 1955 Bishop Bernard Taiji KatsuyaBishop of Sapporo
22 May 1955 Bishop Dominic Ryōji MiyaharaBishop Emeritus of Fukuoka

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