Júlio Endi Akamine, S.A.C. (

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, November 20, 1962) is a Brazilian Catholic

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. He is the current metropolitan archbishop of

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. Akamine is the first

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named

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in Brazil. He was auxiliary bishop of

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and responsible for the Lapa Episcopal Region.

Biography

Born in Garça in 1962, Akamine made his profession of faith to the Pallottine priests on December 8, 1980. In Curitiba he studied philosophy at the

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(1981-1983) and Theology at the Studium Teologicum Claretianum (1984-1987) and was ordained

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on January 24, 1988. In addition, he obtained the License (1993-1996) and the Doctorate (2002-2005) in Dogmatic Theology at the

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in Rome. On 4 May 2011 he was appointed by

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auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of São Paulo and Titular Bishop of Thagamuta. On July 9, 2011, Akamine was ordained bishop by Cardinal Archbishop of São Paulo, Odilo Pedro Scherer and his co-consecrators were Edmar Peron, Titular Bishop of Mattiana and Tarcísio Scaramussa, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Segia. On 28 December 2016 he was appointed by

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as Archbishop of Sorocaba and took office on February 25, 2017.press.vatican.va
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* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bakam.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Akamine, Julio Endi 1962 births Living people People from Garça Brazilian people of Japanese descent Pallottine bishops 21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Brazil Pontifical Gregorian University alumni Roman Catholic archbishops of Sorocaba Roman Catholic bishops of São Paulo Brazilian expatriates in Italy Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishops