Bishop Josep Maria Abella Batlle, C.M.F.

Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
3 Nov 1949		Born
22 Aug 1966	16.8	First Vows	Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
8 Dec 1972	23.0	Perpetual Vows	Member of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
12 Jul 1975	25.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
1 Sep 2003	53.8	Appointed	Superior General of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
5 Sep 2015	65.8	Ceased	Superior General of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
2 Jun 2018	68.5	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Osaka, Japan
2 Jun 2018	68.5	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Methamaucum
16 Jul 2018	68.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Methamaucum
14 Apr 2020	70.4	Appointed	Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan
17 May 2020	70.5	Installed	Bishop of Fukuoka, Japan

MicroData Summary for Josep Maria Abella Batlle
(VIAF: 21881724; WikiData: Q54666438)
Bishop Josep Maria Abella Batlle C.M.F. (born 3 Nov 1949) Bishop of Fukuoka

Event Place
Birth Place Lleida, Diocese of Lérida, Spain
Ordained Bishop Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Osaka, Archdiocese of Osaka

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Fukuoka.

a priest for years
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Principal Consecrator:
Thomas Aquino Manyo Cardinal Maeda
Archbishop of Osaka
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, P.S.S.
Archbishop of Nagasaki
Archbishop Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, S.V.D.
Archbishop of Tōkyō

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Thomas Aquino Manyo Cardinal Maeda (2011)
Archbishop of Osaka
Bishop Joseph Atsumi Misue † (1985)
Bishop Emeritus of Hiroshima
Archbishop Paul Hisao Yasuda † (1970)
Archbishop of Osaka
Archbishop Bruno Wüstenberg † (1966)
Titular Archbishop of Tyrus
Josef Cardinal Frings † (1942)
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}
Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo † (1922)
Titular Archbishop of Ptolemais in Libya
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Sulpizio Shinzo Moriyama (2022)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Lleida, Diocese of Lérida, Spain
Ordained Bishop	Immaculate Conception, Cathedral, Osaka, Archdiocese of Osaka

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 2 Jun 2018
ob/c2: CB, 15 Jun 2018
c34: CB, 15 Jul 2018
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 237, Number 19,819
ab: Bollettino, 14 Apr 2020
i: AM, 30 May 2020

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