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History
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained by	Joseph Asajiro Satowaki (Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagasaki)
Date	19 March 1975
Place	Nagasaki, Japan
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Joseph Atsumi Misue (Bishop-Emeritus of Hiroshima)
Co-consecrators	Leo Jun Ikenaga (Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Osaka); Joseph Mitsuaki Takami (Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagasaki)
Date	23 September 2011
Place	Hiroshima Cathedral, Hiroshima
Cardinalate
Elevated by	Pope Francis
Date	28 June 2018

History
Ordination history of; Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda
Ordained by
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained by	Joseph Asajiro Satowaki (Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagasaki)
Date	19 March 1975
Place	Nagasaki, Japan
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator	Joseph Atsumi Misue (Bishop-Emeritus of Hiroshima)
Co-consecrators	Leo Jun Ikenaga (Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Osaka); Joseph Mitsuaki Takami (Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagasaki)
Date	23 September 2011
Place	Hiroshima Cathedral, Hiroshima
Cardinalate
Elevated by	Pope Francis
Date	28 June 2018
Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda as principal consecrator
Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama	19 September 2016
Josep Maria Abella Batlle	16 July 2018
Paul Toshihiro Sakai	16 July 2018

His Eminence

Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda
His Eminence; Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda
Cardinal, Archbishop of Osaka-Takamatsu
	In March, 2015.
Native name	前田万葉
Church	Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Osaka-Takamatsu
See	Osaka-Takamatsu
Appointed	15 August 2023
Predecessor	Office established
Other post(s)	Vice-President of the Japanese Episcopal Conference (2016-); Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana (2018-);
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Hiroshima (2011-14) ; Archbishop of Osaka (2014-23)
Orders
Ordination	19 March 1975
Consecration	23 September 2011; by Joseph Atsumi Misue
Created cardinal	28 June 2018; by Pope Francis
Rank	Cardinal-Priest
Personal details
Born	Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda; 3 March 1949 (age 75); Tsuwasaki, Kami Goto, Japan
Motto	Non ministrari sed ministrare (not to be served, but to serve; 仕えられるためではなく、仕えるために)
Coat of arms

Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda (Japanese: 前田万葉, Hepburn: Maeda Manyō) (born 3 March 1949) is a Japanese Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Osaka-Takamatsu since 2023. He was previously Archbishop of Osaka from 2014 to 2023 and Bishop of Hiroshima from 2011 to 2014. Pope Francis elevated him to the cardinalate on 28 June 2018.

Biography

Thomas Aquino Manyo Maeda was born in Tsuwasaki, Kami-Goto, in the prefecture of Nagasaki on 3 March 1949. He studied at the Liceo Nanzan of Nagasaki and entered the Major Seminary Saint Sulpice in Fukuoka. He was ordained on 19 March 1975.^[1]

He was Secretary General of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Japan from 2006 to 2011.^[1]

On 13 June 2011, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Bishop of Hiroshima^[2] and he was consecrated a bishop on 23 September 2011.^{[citation needed]} He participated in the peace movement in Hiroshima and campaigned for the beatification of those called "hidden Christians", 3,400 Nagasaki Christians—more than 600 died—exiled to scattered locations throughout Japan until the middle of the nineteenth century by the Japanese government.^[3]

On 20 August 2014, Pope Francis appointed him Archbishop of Osaka.^[4]

Since 2016 he has been Vice-President of the Japanese Episcopal Conference.^[1]

He writes haiku and incorporates them into his sermons.^[3]

Pope Francis made Maeda a cardinal on 28 June 2018, assigning him the titular church of Santa Pudenziana.^[5] On 15 August 2023, Cardinal Maeda was named Archbishop of the newly erected Archdiocese of Osaka-Takamatsu.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Annuncio di Concistoro il 29 giugno per la creazione di nuovi Cardinali, 20.05.2018" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 13.06.2011" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 13 June 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Japanese archbishop 'shocked' by being named cardinal". La Croix. UCANews. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 20.08.2014" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
^ "Concistoro Ordinario Pubblico: Assegnazione dei Titoli, 28.06.2018" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
^ "Erection of the metropolitan archdiocese of Osaka-Takamatsu, Japan, and appointment of first metropolitan archbishop". Holy See Press Office. 15 August 2023.

External links

"Maeda Card. Thomas Aquino Manyo". Holy See Press Office. Archived from the original on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
Diocese of Osaka (in Japanese)
Miranda, Salvador. "MAEDA, Thomas Aquinas Manyo (1949-)". The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Florida International University. OCLC 53276621.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Joseph Atsumi Misue	Bishop of Hiroshima 23 September 2011 – 20 August 2014	Succeeded by Alexis Mitsuru Shirahama
Preceded by Leo Jun Ikenaga	Archbishop of Osaka 20 August 2014 – present	Incumbent
Preceded by Joachim Meisner	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana 28 June 2018 – present	Incumbent