Peter Takeo Okada
Peter Takeo Okada | |
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| Archbishop of Tokyo | |
 Okada in 2015 | |
| Native name | 岡田 武夫 |
| Archdiocese | Tokyo |
| Appointed | 17 February 2000 |
| Installed | 2000 |
| Term ended | 25 October 2017 |
| Predecessor | Peter Shirayanagi |
| Successor | Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D. |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 3 November 1973 by Peter Shirayanagi |
| Consecration | 16 September 1991 by Peter Shirayanagi |
| Rank | Archbishop |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 24, 1941 |
| Died | December 18, 2020 (aged 79) Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Previous post(s) | Bishop of Urawa (1991-2000) |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
| Styles of Peter Takeo Okada | |
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Your Grace | |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
| Posthumous style | not applicable |
Peter Takeo Okada (岡田 武夫, Okada Takeo, 24 October 1941 – 18 December 2020) was a Japanese prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Tokyo from 2000 to 2017.
Okada was born in
Seiichi Shirayanagi, with Archbishops Paul Hisao Yasuda and Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto serving as co-consecrators
.
Following the early resignation of Cardinal Shirayanagi,
bishops' conference
.
On October 27, 2012,
Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.[2]
In January 2011, the Holy See countermanded the decision of Japan's bishops to suspend the activities of a controversial lay movement, the Neocatechumenal Way, for five years.[3]
On July 27, 2013, Pope Francis named him Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Saitama.[4]
Pope Francis accepted his resignation on October 25, 2017, and appointed Bishop
S.V.D. of the Niigata diocese to succeed him.[5]
Okada died on 18 December 2020 in Tokyo.[6] He was 79 years old.[7]
References
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 12.06.2000" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. June 12, 2000. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 27.10.2012" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. October 27, 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ "Holy See overrules Japanese bishops on Neocatechumenal Way". 10 January 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 27.07.2013" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. July 27, 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ "Pope appoints a new bishop to Archdiocese of Tokyo, Japan". Vatican Radio. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ Archdiocese of Tokyo
- ^ "訃報：ペトロ岡田武夫名誉大司教" (in Japanese). 18 December 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
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