Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi
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The Most Reverend Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi S.V.D. |
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| Archbishop of Tokyo | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Tokyo |
| See | Tokyo |
| Appointed | 25 October 2017 |
| Predecessor | Peter Takeo Okada |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 15 March 1986 |
| Consecration | 20 September 2004 by Peter Takeo Okada |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi |
| Born |
1 November 1958 Miyako, Iwate, Japan |
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| Motto | Varietate unitas ("Unity in Diversity") |
{{nihongo|Isao Kikuchi|菊地 功|Kikuchi Isao|born 1 November 1958)) is a Japanese Roman Catholic prelate and professed member from the Divine Word Missionaries who has been serving as the current Archbishop of Tokyo since his appointment in 2017. He was a former worker in the missions of Ghana in Western Africa. He had served prior to this as the Bishop of Niigata since 2004 when he had first been made a bishop.
Kikuchi serves as the current President of Caritas Japan as well as for Caritas Asia. He also serves as a member of the Representative Council of Caritas Internationalis.
Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi was born in Iwate on 1 November 1958.
Kikuchi was professed into the Divine Word Missionaries in March 1985 prior to his ordination to the priesthood on 15 March 1986. In 1986 after his ordination he was sent to West Africa where he served in the missions in Ghana. He served in Koforidua as a pastor before being elected as the provincial for his order in 1999 back in Japan.Pope John Paul II appointed him as the Bishop of Niigata on 29 April 2004 and he received his episcopal consecration as a bishop on the following 20 September at the Salle de Seishin Girls' High School in Niigata from Peter Takeo Okada. Rafael Masahiro Umemura and Marcellino Taiji Tani served as the co-consecrators.
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