Most Reverend Sulpizio Shinzo Moriyama | |
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Bishop of Oita | |
Native name | スルピツィオ 森山信三 |
Church | |
Diocese | Oita |
Appointed | 5 April 2022 |
Predecessor | Paul Sueo Hamaguchi |
Successor | Incumbent |
Orders | |
Ordination | 21 March 1988 |
Consecration | 3 July 2022 by Peter Michiaki Nakamura |
Personal details | |
Born | Sulpizio Shinzo Moriyama 17 January 1959
Fukuoka, Japan |
Alma mater | Keio University |
Motto | QUOD CONFRACTUM FUCRATE ALLIGABO ET QUOD INFIRMUM FUERAT CONSOLIDABO |
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Sulpizio Shinzo Moriyama is a Japanese Roman Catholic prelate currently serving as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oita, Japan. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Moriyama was born on 17 January 1959 in Fukuoka, Japan. He completed his studies in philosophy at the Keio University of Tokyo and in Theology at the St. Sulpizio Seminary in Fukuoka, Japan. [1] [2]
Bishop Moriyama was ordained a priest on 21 March 1988, incardinated in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fukuoka. [1] [2]
On 5 April 2022, Pope Francis appointed Moriyama as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oita. [4] He was Ordained a bishop on 3 July 2022 by Peter Michiaki Nakamura. [1] [2]