Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | His Excellency |
Paul Hisao Yasuda | |
Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
See: | Archidocese of Osaka |
Term: | 1978–1997 |
Successor: | Leo Jun Ikenaga |
Ordination: | 21 May 1955 |
Consecration: | 21 March 1970 |
Consecrated By: | Bruno Wüstenberg |
Birth Date: | December 20, 1921 |
Previous Post: | Auxiliary Bishop of Osaka (1970-1978) |
Nationality: | Japanese |
was a Japanese prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Yasuda was born in Kurume, Japan and was ordained a priest on May 21, 1955. He was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Osaka on February 5, 1970 as well as titular bishop of Tucci and was consecrated bishop on March 21, 1970. Yasuda was appointed archbishop of the Archdiocese of Osaka on November 15, 1978, where he served until his retirement on May 10, 1997. He died in April 2016 at the age of 94.[1]