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Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe

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Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe
S.D.B.
Bishop of Takamatsu
Native name フランシスコ・ザビエル溝部脩
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Takamatsu
In office 14 May 2004 – 25 March 2011
Predecessor Joseph Satoshi Fukahori
Successor John Eijiro Suwa
Previous post Bishop of Sendai (2000-2004)
Orders
Ordination 9 February 1964
Consecration 9 September 2000
by Peter Takeo Okada[1]
Personal details
Born 5 March 1935
Shingishu, Heianhoku Province, Chōsen, Empire of Japan
Died 29 February 2016 (aged 80)

Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe (フランシスコ・ザビエル溝部脩), S.D.B. (5 March 1935 – 29 February 2016) was a Japanese Roman Catholic bishop.

Mizobe was ordained to the priesthood on 9 February 1964. He served as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sendai, Japan from 2000 to 2005 and as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Takamatsu from 2005 to 2011.[2]

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