Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda


Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda
Cardinal, Archbishop of Osaka-Takamatsu
In March, 2015.
Native name
前田万葉
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseOsaka-Takamatsu
SeeOsaka-Takamatsu
Appointed15 August 2023
PredecessorOffice established
Other post(s)
Previous post(s)Bishop of Hiroshima (2011-14)
Archbishop of Osaka (2014-23)
Orders
Ordination19 March 1975
Consecration23 September 2011
by Joseph Atsumi Misue
Created cardinal28 June 2018
by Pope Francis
RankCardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born
Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda

(1949-03-03) 3 March 1949 (age 75)
Tsuwasaki, Kami Goto, Japan
MottoNon ministrari sed ministrare (not to be served, but to serve; 仕えられるためではなく、仕えるために)
Coat of armsThomas Aquino Manyo Maeda's coat of arms
Ordination history of
Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained byJoseph Asajiro Satowaki (Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagasaki)
Date19 March 1975
PlaceNagasaki, Japan
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorJoseph Atsumi Misue (Bishop-Emeritus of Hiroshima)
Co-consecratorsLeo Jun Ikenaga (Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Osaka)
Joseph Mitsuaki Takami (Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagasaki)
Date23 September 2011
PlaceHiroshima Cathedral, Hiroshima
Cardinalate
Elevated byPope Francis
Date28 June 2018
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda as principal consecrator
Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama19 September 2016
Josep Maria Abella Batlle16 July 2018
Paul Toshihiro Sakai16 July 2018

Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (Japanese: 前田万葉, Hepburn: Maeda Manyō) (born 3 March 1949) is a Japanese Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Osaka-Takamatsu since 2023. He was previously Archbishop of Osaka from 2014 to 2023 and Bishop of Hiroshima from 2011 to 2014. Pope Francis elevated him to the cardinalate on 28 June 2018.