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Bishop Rafael Masahiro Umemura

Bishop of Yokohama

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Born
Jun 14, 1952 Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Nationality
Japan
Ordained priest
Mar 25, 1985 Naka-ku, Japan
Ordained bishop
May 15, 1999 Naka-ku, Japan
Appointed
May 15, 1999
Principal consecrator
Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi
Co-consecrators
Stephen Fumio Hamao Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto

Bishop Rafael Masahiro Umemura, Bishop of Yokohama, was born on June 14, 1952, in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, in the Diocese of Yokohama. He was ordained a priest for Yokohama on March 25, 1985, in Naka-ku. On March 16, 1999, he was appointed Bishop of Yokohama. He received episcopal ordination on May 15, 1999, at Naka-ku, with Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi as principal consecrator and Stephen Fumio Hamao and Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto as co-consecrators.