Peter Shirayanagi

Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi (白柳 誠一 "Shirayanagi Seiichi", born 17 June 1928) is a Cardinal Priest and Archbishop Emeritus of Tokyo in the Roman Catholic Church. He is also the last known living Japanese-born Cardinal.

Born in Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan, Shiryanagi studied at Sophia University, earning a degree in philosophy in 1951 and a specializiation in theology in 1954. Ordained a priest on 21 December 1954 at Kanda Catholic Cathedral, he went to study at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome, earning a doctorate in Canon law in 1960.

Ordained titular Bishop of Atenia and Auxiliary of Tokyo in 1966, he was named titular Archbishop of Castro and Coadjutor Archbishop of Tokyo in 1969, finally rising to become full Archbishop of Tokyo in 1970. As archbishop, he continued the Tokyo Archdiocesan Convention, implementing the resolutions of Vatican II, and in 1989, led a group to visit the Catholic Church in China. From 1983 to 1992, he presided over the Japanese Catholic Bishops' conference, which opened the Japanese Catholic Center in Tokyo in 1990. infobox cardinalstyles
cardinal name=Peter Shirayanagi
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See=Tokyo (emeritus)|In 1994, he was proclaimed cardinal by Pope John Paul II. Since 12 June 2000, Shiryanagi has held the post of Archbishop Emeritus of Tokyo, and he holds the title of Cardinal Priest of "S. Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza". He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI.

The Cardinal is an honorary member of A.V. Edo-Rhenania Tokyo, a catholic student fraternity that is affiliated with the Cartellverband der katholischen deutschen Studentenverbindungen.

External links

* [http://www.catholic-pages.com/hierarchy/cardinals_bio.asp?ref=107 Biography at catholic-pages.com]