Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi | |
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Archbishop of Tokyo President of Caritas International | |
Native name | 菊地 功[citation needed] |
Church | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Tokyo |
See | Tokyo |
Appointed | 25 October 2017 |
Installed | 16 December 2017 |
Predecessor | Peter Takeo Okada |
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Ordination | 15 March 1986 by Aloysius Nobuo Soma |
Consecration | 20 September 2004 by Peter Takeo Okada |
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Born | Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi 1 November 1958 Miyako, Iwate, Japan |
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Styles of Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi | |
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Reference style | The Most Reverend |
Spoken style | Your Grace |
Religious style | Monsignor |
Posthumous style | not applicable |
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Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, SVD (菊地 功[citation needed], born 1 November 1958) is a Japanese Catholic prelate and a member of the Divine Word Missionaries who has been Archbishop of Tokyo since 2017 and president of Caritas International since May 2023. He was the Bishop of Niigata from 2004 to 2017. He previously worked as a missionary in Ghana.
Kikuchi has served as president of Caritas Japan and Caritas Asia, as well a member of the Representative Council of Caritas Internationalis.