Peter Doi
Doi Tatsuo | |
|---|---|
| Cardinal, Archbishop of Tokyo | |
 Peter Tatsuo Doi in 1938 | |
| See | Tokyo |
| Installed | December 2, 1937 |
| Term ended | February 21, 1970 |
| Predecessor | Jean-Alexis Chambon, MEP |
| Successor | Peter Shirayanagi |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | May 1, 1921 |
| Consecration | February 13, 1938 |
| Created cardinal | March 28, 1960 by John XXIII |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 22, 1892 |
| Died | February 21, 1970 (aged 77) Tokyo, Japan |
| Styles of Peter Doi | |
|---|---|
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Tokyo |
Peter Tatsuo Doi (土井 辰雄 Doi Tatsuo) (December 22, 1892—February 21, 1970) was a Japanese Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.[1] He served as Archbishop of Tokyo from 1937 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1960.
Biography
Doi was born in Sendai.[1] He was baptized at age 9, on April 21, 1902. He studied at the seminary in Sendai and the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome.
Doi was ordained to the priesthood on May 1, 1921. Doi then did pastoral work in Sendai until 1934, when he was made Secretary of the Apostolic Delegation to Japan.
On December 2, 1937, Doi was appointed Archbishop of Tokyo by Pope Pius XI. He received his episcopal consecration on February 13, 1938 from Archbishop Jean-Alexis Chambon, MEP, with Bishops Paul Aijiro Yamaguchi and Marie-Joseph Lemieux serving as co-consecrators. During World War II, Doi served as Executive Director of the National Catholic Central Committee. He was Apostolic Administrator of Yokohama from 1945 to 1947.
Pope John XXIII created him Cardinal Priest of S. Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana in the consistory of March 28, 1960.[2] Doi, hoped by the Vatican to enliven the Church in Japan,[3] thus became the first Japanese member of the College of Cardinals. He attended the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965, and was later one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 1963 papal conclave that selected Pope Paul VI.
Doi died in Tokyo, at age 77. He is buried in St. Mary's Cathedral.
Doi, along with Stefan Wyszyński, assisted Paul Peter Meouchi in delivering one of the closing messages of the Second Vatican Council on December 8, 1965.[4]
References
- ^ a b Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002). "Doi Tatsuo" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 157.
- ^ "Sketches of Six of the Cardinals-Designate; Japanese Named Has Been Archbishop Since 1937," New York Times. March 4, 1960; Cardinal Title S. Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana GCatholic.org; retrieved 2011-10-28.
- ^ TIME Magazine. Seven New Hats March 14, 1960
- ^ Christus Rex. To the Poor, the Sick and the Suffering
