Background
Nishi, Shunji Forrest was born on February 20, 1917 in Chino, California, United States. Son of Forest Jintaro and Yoshie (Ueda) Nishibayashi.
priest theology educator emeritus
Nishi, Shunji Forrest was born on February 20, 1917 in Chino, California, United States. Son of Forest Jintaro and Yoshie (Ueda) Nishibayashi.
AB, University of California at Los Angeles, 1938. Bachelor's Degree, Episcopalian Theological School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1943. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1950.
Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Church Divinity School, Berkeley, California, 1985.
Acting chaplain, Columbia University, New York City, 1947-1948;
fellow, tutor, General Theological Seminary, New York City, 1947-1950;
dean, professor, Center Theological College, Tokyo, 1950-1956;
chaplain, Iolani School, Honolulu, 1956-1959;
Episcopalian chaplain, University of California, Berkeley, 1959-1968;
lecturer theology, Church Divinity School of Pacific, Berkeley, 1959-1968;
professor, Church Divinity School of Pacific, Berkeley, 1968-1985;
professor emeritus, Church Divinity School of Pacific, Berkeley, since 1985. Visiting professor General Theological Seminary, New York City, 1985, St. Michael's Seminary, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 1986. Trustee St. Margaret's House, Berkeley, 1962-1968, Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, 1972-1977.
Member Diocesan Council, San Francisco, 1966-1968. Delegate World Conference on Faith and Order, Montreal, Canada, 1963, Anglican Congress, Minneapolis, 1955.
Member Pacific Coast Theological Society (executive secretary 1967-1968), American Academy Religion, Conference of Anglican Theologians (convenor 1972).
Married Marian Asako Koyama, March 5, 1944. Children: Barbara, Eleanor, John.