Joseph Mitsuaki Takami
Joseph Mitsuaki Takami PSS ( Japanese ヨ ゼ フ 高見 三明 , Jozefu Takami Mitsuaki ; born March 21, 1946 in Nagasaki , Japan ) is Archbishop of Nagasaki .
Life
Joseph Mitsuaki Takami was ordained a priest on March 20, 1972 , joined the Sulpizian religious order, and made profession on October 29, 1973.
Pope John Paul II appointed him titular bishop of Munatiana and auxiliary bishop in Nagasaki on February 7, 2002 . The episcopal ordination donated him the Archbishop of Nagasaki, Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto IdP , on April 29 of the same year; Co- consecrators were Peter Takeo Okada , Archbishop of Tokyo , and Joseph Hisajirō Matsunaga , Bishop of Fukuoka .
He was named Archbishop of Nagasaki on October 17, 2003, and was installed in office on December 14 of the same year.
Takami, who survived the atomic bombing on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945 as an unborn child , is strictly against nuclear weapons .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Beth Griffin: Nagasaki archbishop: nuclear arms never justified. National Catholic Reporter, May 6, 2010, accessed July 17, 2016 .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto IdP |
Archbishop of Nagasaki since 1999 |
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Takami, Joseph Mitsuaki |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 高見 三明 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese chaplain, Archbishop of Nagasaki |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nagasaki |