Joseph Asjiro Satowaki
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His Eminence Joseph Asajirô Satowaki |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop emeritus of Nagasaki | |
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| See | Nagasaki |
| Installed | December 19, 1968 |
| Term ended | February 8, 1990 |
| Predecessor | Paul Aijirô Yamaguchi |
| Successor | Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto |
| Other posts | Bishop of Kagoshima (1955-1968) |
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| Ordination | December 17, 1932 |
| Consecration | May 3, 1955 |
| Created Cardinal | June 30, 1979 by Pope John Paul II |
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February 1, 1904 Shittsu, Kyūshū, Japan |
| Died | August 8, 1996 (aged 92) Nagasaki, Kyūshū, Japan |
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Styles of Joseph Asajiro Satowaki |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Nagasaki |
Joseph Asajirô Satowaki (里脇 浅次郎 Satowaki Asajirō) (February 1, 1904—August 8, 1996) was a Japanese prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Nagasaki from 1968 to 1990, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1979.
Satowaki was born in Shittsu, and stuided at the seminary of Nagasaki, Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome, and Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. As a seminarian in Rome, he invited the Polish Conventual Franciscan friar and future saint Maximilian Kolbe to come to Japan as a missionary.Ordained to the priesthood on December 17, 1932, he did pastoral work in the Diocese of Nagasaki and served as procurator and episcopal chancellor. He was Apostolic Administrator of Taiwan from 1941 to 1945, and rector of the seminary of Nagasaki from 1945 to 1947. Between 1945 and 1955, he served as vicar general, editor of diocesan newspaper, and a teacher at the Junshin School.
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