Peter Saburō Hirata
Peter Saburō Hirata PSS ( Japanese ペ ト ロ 平 田 三郎 , Petoro Hirata Saburō ; born August 18, 1913 in Kitano-machi, Kurume , Japan ; † August 5, 2007 in Fukuoka Prefecture ) was Roman Catholic bishop of Fukuoka .
Life
Hirata studied in France and was ordained a priest on June 19, 1939 in Paris . He was in 1941 the first Japanese of the congregation of the Sulpician (PSS) joined. He returned to Japan in 1941 and taught as a professor at the Sulpizian seminary in Fukuoka.
In 1961 he was by John XXIII. appointed first bishop of Ōita . The episcopal ordination granted him on March 26, 1962 Archbishop Domenico Enrici and Paul Aijirō Yamaguchi , Archbishop of Nagasaki, and Dominic Senyemon Fukahori , Bishop of Fukuoka. Hirata was a participant in the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965. In 1969 he was appointed by Pope Paul VI. appointed bishop of Fukuoka. Hirata presided over the Biblical Studies, Translation, and Catechism Committees of the Japanese Bishops' Conference .
In 1990, his resignation was granted by John Paul II . He served as a pastor in the Itoshima parish in Fukuoka diocese. He died of complications from pneumonia .
Web links
- Entry about Peter Saburo Hirata on catholic-hierarchy.org
- "Bishop Hirata of Oita and Fukuoka dead at 93"
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| SURNAME | Hirata, Peter Saburō |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | ペ ト ロ 平 田 三郎 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman Catholic Bishop of Oita and Fukuoka |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 18, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kitano-Machi, Kurume , Japan |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 5, 2007 |
| Place of death | Fukuoka Prefecture |