Church Roman Catholic Church Name Paul Yasuda See Archidocese of Osaka Ordination May 21, 1955 | In office 1978 - 1997 Successor Leo Jun Ikenaga | |
Consecration 21 March 1970by Bruno Wustenberg | ||
Paul Hisao Yasuda (Japanese: パウロ 安田 久雄, Hepburn: Pauro Yasuda Hisao, December 20, 1921 – April 23, 2016) was a Japanese prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Yasuda was born in Kurume, Japan and was ordained a priest on May 21, 1955. He was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archidocese of Osaka on February 5, 1970 as well as titular bishop of Tucci and was consecrated bishop on March 21, 1970. Yasuda was appointed archbishop of the Archidocese of Osaka on November 15, 1978, where he served until his retirement on May 10, 1997.He died in April 2016 at the age of 94.
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