Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto Explained

Type:catholic
フランシスコ・ザビエル 島本 要
Francisco Xavier Kaname Shimamoto
Archbishop of Nagasaki
Church:Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Nagasaki
Enthroned:May 8, 1990
Ended:August 31, 2002 (died)
Predecessor:Joseph Asjiro Satowaki
Successor:Joseph Mitsuaki Takami
Ordination:November 23, 1958
Consecration:March 20, 1980
Other Post:Catholic Bishop Urawa (1980 - 1990)
Birth Date:14 February 1932
Birth Place: Minami-Matsuura District, Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture
Death Place: Nagasaki

Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto (February 14, 1932 - August 31, 2002) was a bishop of the Catholic Church. His baptismal name was "Francis Xavier". Shimamoto was ordained a Catholic priest on 23 November 1958. In 1979 he was appointed Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Urawa and consecrated on 20 March 1980. In 1990 Pope John Paul II appointed him Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagasaki. On 31 August 2002 Shimamoto died.

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