Announcement
Obituary ：Archbishop Peter Takeo Okada
19/12/2020
Archbishop Peter Takeo Okada, Archbishop Emeritus of Tokyo, passed away at Tokyo Medical and Dental University Medical Hospital at 1:22 p.m. on Friday, December 18 from hemorrhagic shock due to cervical esophageal cancer(Throat Cancer). He was 79 years old. Please pray for his eternal rest. Funeral announcement will be made later.
Life Events
| October 24, 1941 | Born in Tsurumai, Ichihara-shi, Chiba |
| December 24, 1963 | Converted to Catholic (Sophia University Student Hall Chapel) |
| November 3, 1973 | Ordained as Priest |
| April – November, 1974 | Associate Parish Priest of Funabashi Parish |
| Nov. 1974 – Apr. 1975 | Acting Parish Priest of Nishi-Chiba Parish |
| 1975 – 1979 | Studied in Rome |
| April 1979 – 1986 | Parish Priest of Kashiwa Parish |
| April 15, 1991 | Appointed as Bishop of Urawa Diocese |
| September 16, 1991 | Ordained as Bishop |
| May 13, 2000 | Appointed as Archbishop of the Diocese of Tokyo |
| September 3, 2000 | Installation as Archbishop of the Diocese of Tokyo |
| July 27, 2013 | Appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Saitama Diocese |
| October 25, 2017 | Accepted the resignation from Archbishop of Tokyo |
| June 2, 2018 | Ceased as Administrator of Saitama Diocese |
| April 2019-June 2020 | Parish Administrator of Hongo Parish |
| December 18, 2020 | Passed away |
During his lifetime, he held President of The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan, a member of Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, Director of The Logos Library for the Blind, etc.
