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Peter Takeo Okada

1941 - 2020

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Peter Takeo Okada (岡田 武夫, Okada Takeo; 24 October 1941 – 18 December 2020) was a Japanese prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Tokyo from 2000 to 2017. Okada was born in Ichikawa in Chiba Prefecture. He graduated from the University of Tokyo with the LL.B. He was ordained a priest on 3 November 1973. On 15 April 1991, he was appointed bishop of Urawa by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on 16 September from Seiichi Shirayanagi, with Archbishops Paul Hisao Yasuda and Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto serving as co-consecrators. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Takeo Okada is the 2,663rd most popular religious figure (up from 2,712th in 2019), the 1,238th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,313th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Japanese Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Peter Takeo Okada ranks 2,663 out of 3,187Before him are Julijans Vaivods, Maatkare Mutemhat, Zabaia, Zygmunt Gorazdowski, Saud Al-Shuraim, and Augustin Kažotić. After him are Teemu Sippo, Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, Swæfberht of Essex, Hugh Latimer, Antony Padiyara, and John Patrick Foley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Peter Takeo Okada ranks 375Before him are Ewa Demarczyk, Hernando de Soto Polar, Mário da Graça Machungo, Eberhard Diepgen, Masoud Kimiai, and Tania Mallet. After him are Dr. John, Anatoli Firsov, Jean Dockx, Ayşe Kulin, Domenico Losurdo, and Natalia Bessmertnova. Among people deceased in 2020, Peter Takeo Okada ranks 403Before him are Mário da Graça Machungo, Yawovi Agboyibo, Alexi Laiho, Mady Mesplé, Arnie Robinson, and Jahn Teigen. After him are Pim Doesburg, Fernando Atzori, Vatroslav Mimica, Marcello Abbado, Pamela Tiffin, and Valentina Prudskova.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Peter Takeo Okada ranks 1,238 out of 6,245Before him are Juzo Itami (1933), Shinichi Kawano (1969), Damo Suzuki (1950), Chūhei Nambu (1904), Koji Kondo (1961), and Sadakazu Tanigaki (1945). After him are Naoto Ohshima (1964), Shirase Nobu (1861), Shinji Kagawa (1989), Yasushi Akutagawa (1925), Kazuo Ozaki (1960), and Yumi Matsutoya (1954).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Japan

Among religious figures born in Japan, Peter Takeo Okada ranks 32Before him are Peter Shirayanagi (1928), Magdalene of Nagasaki (1611), Stephen Fumio Hamao (1930), Moriteru Ueshiba (1951), Joseph Asajiro Satowaki (1904), and Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi (1902). After him are Hirotugu Akaike (1927).