Peter Doi
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His Eminence Doi Tatsuo |
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| Cardinal, Archbishop of Tokyo | |
Peter Tatsuo Doi in 1938
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| See | Tokyo |
| Installed | 2 December 1937 |
| Term ended | 21 February 1970 |
| Predecessor | Jean-Alexis Chambon, MEP |
| Successor | Peter Shirayanagi |
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| Ordination | 1 May 1921 |
| Consecration | 13 February 1938 |
| Created Cardinal | 28 March 1960 by John XXIII |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
22 December 1892 Sendai, Miyagi, Japan |
| Died | 21 February 1970 (aged 77) Tokyo, Japan |
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Styles of Peter Doi |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Tokyo |
Peter Tatsuo Doi (土井 辰雄 Doi Tatsuo) (22 December 1892—21 February 1970) was a Japanese Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Tokyo from 1937 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1960.
Doi was born in Sendai. He was baptized at the age of nine, on 21 April 1902. He studied at the seminary in Sendai and the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome.
Doi was ordained to the priesthood on 1 May 11921. Doi then did pastoral work in Sendai until 1934, when he was made Secretary of the Apostolic Delegation to Japan.
On 2 December 1937, Doi was appointed Archbishop of Tokyo by Pope Pius XI. He received his episcopal consecration on 13 February 1938 from Archbishop Jean-Alexis Chambon, MEP, with Bishops Paul Aijiro Yamaguchi and Marie-Joseph Lemieux serving as co-consecrators. During World War II, Doi served as Executive Director of the National Catholic Central Committee. He was Apostolic Administrator of Yokohama from 1945 to 1947.
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