Paul Taisuke Narui, S.V.D. is the bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Niigata The Roman Catholic Diocese of Niigata ( la, Niigataën(sis), Japanese language, Japanese: カトリック新潟教区 ) is a diocese located in the city of Niigata, Niigata, Niigata in the Ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of ...

, Japan.

Early life

Narui was born on 24 November 1973 in Iwakura, Japan.

Priesthood

Narui joined Society of the Divine Word on 1986 and was ordained a priest on 10 March 2001. He obtained a bachelor's degree from

Nanzan University is a private, Catholic and coeducational higher education institution run by the Society of the Divine Word (SVD) in the Shōwa Ward of Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is considered to be one of the most prestigious private universiti ...

Episcopate

On 31 May 2020,

Pope Francis Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, Francesco; es, link=, Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church. He has been the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 13 March 2013. ...

appointed Narui as bishop of the

, Japan. He was consecrated on 22 September 2020 by Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi.

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Living people 1973 births People from Iwakura, Aichi Divine Word Missionaries Order 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Japan Bishops appointed by Pope Francis Japanese Roman Catholic bishops {{Japan-RC-bishop-stub