Peter Seiichi Cardinal Shirayanagi †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Tōkyō, Japan

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Jun 1928		Born
21 Dec 1954	26.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Tōkyō, Japan
15 Mar 1966	37.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Tōkyō, Japan
15 Mar 1966	37.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Atenia
8 May 1966	37.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Atenia
15 Nov 1969	41.4	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan
15 Nov 1969	41.4	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Castro di Puglia
21 Feb 1970	41.6	Succeeded	Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan
26 Nov 1994	66.4	Elevated to Cardinal
26 Nov 1994	66.4	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza
17 Feb 2000	71.6	Resigned	Archbishop of Tōkyō, Japan
30 Dec 2009	81.5	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Tōkyō, Japan

MicroData Summary
Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi
Peter Seiichi Cardinal Shirayanagi
(born 17 Jun 1928, died 30 Dec 2009)
Archbishop Emeritus of Tōkyō

Consistory - 1994: Created Cardinal
Conclave - 2005: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Hachioji

a priest for 55.0 years
a bishop for 43.6 years
a cardinal for 15.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Mario Cagna †
Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Laurentius Satoshi Nagae †
Bishop of Urawa
Bishop Lucas Katsusaburo Arai †
Bishop of Yokohama

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Mario Cagna † (1962)
Titular Archbishop of Heraclea in Europa
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Peter Takeo Okada † (1973)
Bishop James Kazuo Koda (1985)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Paul Kazuhiro Mori † (1985)
Bishop Francis Keiichi Sato, O.F.M. † (1985)
Bishop Peter Toshio Jinushi † (1988)
Archbishop Peter Takeo Okada † (1991)
Bishop Rafael Masahiro Umemura (1999)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Stephen Fumio Cardinal Hamao † (1970)
Bishop Joseph Satoshi Fukahori † (1977)
Bishop Joseph Hisajiro Matsunaga † (1978)
Archbishop Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto, Ist. del Prado † (1980)
Bishop Joseph Atsumi Misue † (1985)
Joseph Cardinal Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B. (1996)
John Cardinal Tong Hon (1996)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 41707967
WikiData: Q434397

Source(s):

d: CB
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 200, Deceased Cardinals (back), Necrology (back)

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