Luke Kenichi Muto Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Most Reverend
Native Name:ルカ武藤謙一
Luke Ken-ichi Muto
Bishop of Kyushu
Province:Anglican Church in Japan
Diocese:Kyushu
Predecessor:Gabriel Shoji Igarashi
Term:2013–present
Other Post:Primate of Nippon Sei Ko Kai (2020–2024)
Consecration:1 December 2012
Consecrated By:Nathaniel Makoto Uematsu

Luke Kenichi Muto (Japanese: ルカ 武藤 謙一, Ruka Muto Kenichi) is a Japanese Anglican bishop. Since 2013, he has been bishop of Kyushu, and from 2020 to 2024, he was the 19th primate of the Nippon Sei Ko Kai, the province of the Anglican Communion in Japan.

Muto was elected as primate during an online synod due to COVID-19 restrictions in October 2020 and installed during a small service on November 5, 2020.[1]

During his tenure, in 2022, Muto consecrated Maria Grace Tazu Sasamori as bishop of Hokkaido. Sasamori was the first female Anglican bishop in east Asia.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Michael . Mark . New Primates for Japan and Korea . 6 March 2024 . The Living Church . 13 November 2020.
  2. News: Japan ordains first female bishop in east Asia . 6 March 2024 . Anglican Communion News Service . 22 April 2022.