Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan

Conference of Bishops

Also known as: カトリック中央協議会 (日本語)

Country: Japan

Address: Japan Catholic Center, 10-10 Shiomi 2-chome, Kōtō-Ku, Tokyo 135-8585, Japan

Phone: (03)5632-4411

Website:

Present Officials

President (2022.02.14 – ...):

Archbishop Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi (タルチシオ菊地功), S.V.D. (66)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan)

President of Caritas Internationalis

General Secretary of Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences

Vice-President (2022.02.14 – ...):

Bishop Rafael Masahiro Umemura (ラファエル梅村昌弘) (72)

Bishop of Yokohama 横浜 (Japan)

Past Officials

President: Archbishop Joseph Mitsuaki Takami (ヨセフ高見三明), P.S.S. (78) (2016.06.17 – 2022.02.14)
President: Archbishop Peter Takeo Okada (ペトロ岡田武夫) (2013.06 – 2016.06.17)
President: Archbishop Leo Jun Ikenaga (レオ池長潤), S.J. (87) (2010 – 2013.06)
President: Archbishop Peter Takeo Okada (ペトロ岡田武夫) (2007.06 – 2010)
President: Bishop Augustinus Jun-ichi Nomura (アウグスチノ野村純一) (86) (2001 – 2007.06)
President: Archbishop Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto (フランシスコ・ザビエル島本要), Prado (1998 – 2001)
President: Bishop Stephen Fumio Hamao (ステファノ濱尾文郎) (later Cardinal) (1995 – 1998)
President: Archbishop Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto (フランシスコ・ザビエル島本要), Prado (1992 – 1995)
President: Archbishop Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi (ペトロ白柳誠一) (later Cardinal) (1983 – 1992)
President: Cardinal Joseph Asajirō Satowaki (ヨゼフ里脇浅次郎) (1978 – 1983)
President: Cardinal Paul Yashigoro Taguchi (パウロ田口芳五郎) (1970 – 1978.02.23)
President: Cardinal Peter Tatsuo Doi (ペトロ土井辰雄) (1958 – 1970.02.21)
Vice-President: Cardinal Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (トマス・アクィナス前田万葉) (75) (2016.06.17 – 2022.02.14)
Vice-President: Archbishop Joseph Mitsuaki Takami (ヨセフ高見三明), P.S.S. (78) (2013.06 – 2016.06.17)
Vice-President: Archbishop Peter Takeo Okada (ペトロ岡田武夫) (2010 – 2013.06)
General Secretary: Fr. Sulpicius Shinzo Moriyama (スルピス森山信三) (65) (later Bishop) (2021.04 – 2022.04.05)

Last updated on 2024.11.08