Metropolitan Daniel (Nushiro) of Japan
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Met. Daniel |
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| Archbishop of Tokyo | |
| Installed | May 14, 2000 |
| Predecessor | Metropolitan Theodosius (Nagashima) |
| Successor | Incumbent |
| Other posts | Locum tenens of the Western Japanese Diocese as of 2001. |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1972 |
| Consecration | November 14, 1999 |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Jude Nushiro |
| Born |
5 September 1938 Toyohashi, Aichi |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox |
| Spouse | Deceased |
| Alma mater | Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, Aichi University |
Metropolitan Daniel (Nushiro) of All Japan (主代郁夫? Ikuo Nushiro, born September 5, 1938) is a Japanese clergyman and monk of the Japanese Orthodox Church. He has been the primate of the Japanese Orthodox Church since 2000, by virtue of the office of the Archbishop of Tokyo. He is thus the spiritual leader of almost 30,000 Japanese Orthodox Christians.
Metropolitan Daniel was born into a Japanese Orthodox family in Toyohashi, Aichi, and was baptized as Jude. After he graduated with a degree in French literature from Aichi University in 1962, he studied theology at Tokyo Orthodox Seminary until 1965. He went to Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in Crestwood, New York. In 1968 he finished his study at Saint Vladimir 1968 and was ordained to the diaconate.
Upon his return to Japan, he served as a deacon at Tokyo Resurrection Cathedral from November 1970 till 1972. In 1972 he was ordained a priest and served in Toyohashi, until 1999.
In 1999 his predecessor, Metropolitan Theodosius (Nagashima) of Japan died, and the Japanese Orthodox Church decided to elect three bishops and Jude Nushiro was considered as a good candidate for bishopric, as his wife had predeceased him. On August 20, 1999 he received his monastic tonsure and became known as monk Daniel, and was consecrated a bishop on November 14, 1999. The Japanese Orthodox Church had planned to enthrone Bishop Peter (Arihara) of Yokohama as successor to the late Metropolitan Theodosius, and appoint Daniel to the Bishopric of Kyoto, but the sudden death of Peter in this year changed their plan entirely. Daniel was then considered the successor of Theodore, and elevated to the rank of archbishop and metropolitan. On May 14, 2000 Daniel was enthroned to the Archbishop of Tokyo and Metropolitan of All Japan, consecrated by Patriarch Alexy II of Russia who visited Japan for his enthronement and other bishops.
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