Joseph Mitsuaki Takami


Joseph Mitsuaki Takami

Archbishop Emeritus of Nagasaki
Native name
高見三明
ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseNagasaki
SeeNagasaki
Appointed17 October 2003
Installed14 December 2003
Term ended28 December 2021
PredecessorFrancis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto
SuccessorPeter Michiaki Nakamura
Other post(s)President of the Japanese Episcopal Conference (2016-)
Previous post(s)Auxiliary Bishop of Nagasaki (2002-03)
Titular Bishop of Munatiana (2002-03)
Vice-President of the Japanese Episcopal Conference (2013-16)
Orders
Ordination20 March 1972
by Joseph Asajiro Satowaki
Consecration29 April 2002
by Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto
Personal details
Born
Joseph Mitsuaki Takami

(1946-03-21) 21 March 1946 (age 78)
MottoPro Ecclesia et cum Ecclesia
Coat of armsJoseph Mitsuaki Takami's coat of arms
Ordination history of
Joseph Mitsuaki Takami
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained byJoseph Asajiro Satowaki
Date20 March 1972
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorFrancis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto
Co-consecratorsPeter Takeo Okada, and Joseph Hisajiro Matsunaga
Date29 April 2002
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Joseph Mitsuaki Takami as principal consecrator
Paul Sueo Hamaguchi26 June 2011
Wayne Francis Berndt12 February 2018
Peter Michiaki Nakamura16 September 2019

Joseph Mitsuaki Takami (born 21 March 1946) is a Japanese prelate of the Catholic Church who served as archbishop of Nagasaki from 2003 to 2021.