Education
Born in Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan, Shirayanagi studied at Sophia University, earning a degree in philosophy in 1951 and a specialization in theology in 1954.
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Born in Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan, Shirayanagi studied at Sophia University, earning a degree in philosophy in 1951 and a specialization in theology in 1954.
Cardinal Shirayanagi was hospitalized at the beginning of August for cardiac arrhythmia, then suffered a light cerebral hemorrhage, but recovered well after 3 months of rehabilitation. On December 23 he moved to Loyola House where he was taken care of. Ordained a priest on 21 December 1954 at Kanda Catholic Cathedral, he went to study at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome, earning a doctorate in Canon law in 1960.
Consecrated titular Bishop of Atenia and Auxiliary of Tokyo in 1966, he was named titular Archbishop of Castro and Coadjutor Archbishop of the Tokyo Archdiocese in 1969, and succeeded to the post of Archbishop of Tokyo in 1970.
From 1983 to 1992, he presided over the Japanese Catholic Bishops" conference, which opened the Japanese Catholic Center in Tokyo in 1990. In 1994, he was proclaimed cardinal by Pope John Paul II with the title of Cardinal-Priest of Santa Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza.
On 12 June 2000, he retired as archbishop of Tokyo. He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI. This is the list of his major life events:
On 17 June 1928, he was born in Hachioji (Tokyo).
Baptized the following day by Fr.Meirand (Member of the European Parliament)
On 21 December 1954, he was ordained a priest of Tokyo, Japan
On June 1960, he graduated from Pontifical Urbaniana University (Doctor in Canon Law)
On 15 March 1966, he was appointed an auxiliary bishop of Tokyo, Japan
On 8 May 1966, he was consecrated titular Bishop of Atenia
On 21 February 1970, he succeeded as Archbishop of Tokyo
On 26 November 1994, he was elevated to a Cardinal
On 17 February 2000, he resigned as the Archbishop of Tokyo
On 18 April 2005, he participated in the Conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI
On 24 November 2008, he presided the Mass of Beatification of Fr.Kibe and 187 martyrs (Nagasaki)
On 30 December 2009, he died at Loyola House (Tokyo).
Shirayanagi was an honorary member of Authorised Version Edo-Rhenania Tokyo, a Catholic student fraternity that is affiliated with the Cartellverband der katholischen deutschen Studentenverbindungen.
