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was a Japanese prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Osaka from 1941 until his death in 1978, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1973. Taguchi was born in Sotome, Nagasaki (now part of the city of Nagasaki). After graduation from St. Thomas University, Japan, he studied at the Pontifical Urbaniana University and Pontifical Athenaeum ''S. Apollinare'' in Rome, where he was ordained to the priesthood on December 22, 1928. After finishing his studies in 1931, he returned to the Archdiocese of Tokyo, where he served as a seminary professor and director general of the Catholic Press Centre until 1936. From 1936 to 1940, he was secretary of the Apostolic Delegation to Japan. On November 25, 1941, Taguchi was appointed Bishop of Osaka by Pope Pius XII.〔 He received his episcopal consecration on the following December 14 from Archbishop Paolo Marella, with Archbishop Peter Doi and Bishop Johannes Ross, S.J. serving as co-consecrators, at the Cathedral of Tokyo.〔 He attended the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965, and was promoted to the rank of metropolitan archbishop on July 24, 1969. He also served as President of the Japanese Episcopal Conference from 1970 to 1978.〔 Pope Paul VI created him Cardinal Priest of ''S. Maria in Via'' in the consistory of March 5, 1973.〔 Taguchi died in Osaka, aged 75; he is buried in the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Osaka.〔 His most accessible writing in English is "The study of Sacred Scripture".〔 ACTS/1722 - The study of Sacred Scripture By Cardinal Paul Y. Taguchi. 1979 http://www.pamphlets.org.au/australia/acts1722.html〕 == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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