Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi | |
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| Archbishop of Tokyo President of Caritas International | |
 Kikuchi in 2024 | |
| 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 |
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Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, SVD (菊地 功[citation needed], born 1 November 1958) is a Japanese Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Tokyo since 2017 and president of Caritas Internationalis since May 2023. He was Bishop of Niigata from 2004 to 2017. He previously worked as a missionary in Ghana. He is a member of the Divine Word Missionaries.
Kikuchi has served as president of Caritas Japan and Caritas Asia, as well a member of the Representative Council of Caritas Internationalis.
Pope Francis plans to make Kikuchi a cardinal on 7 December 2024.