Peter Yonetaro Matsui
Rt. Revd. Peter Yonetaro Matsui D.D. (died October 16, 1946) was an Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of Tokyo, in the Nippon Sei Ko Kai, the Province of the Anglican Communion in Japan.
Peter Yonetaro Matsui | |
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| Province | Anglican Church in Japan |
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| Born | May 24, 1869 Japan |
| Died | 16 October 1946 (aged 77) Japan |
Studied for two years at Wycliffe College, Toronto [1]
President of Rikkyo University, Tokyo from October 1940 to January 1943.
Supported the controversial position of Bishop John Yasutaro Naide as the Nippon Sei Ko Kai debated its future direction and leadership during the late 1930s and early 1940s. Was replaced as Bishop of Tokyo by Paul Shinji Sasaki in January 1944.[2]
References
- The History of the Church Missionary Society. London. 1916. p. 352.
- Ion, A. Hamilton (1993). The Cross and the Rising Sun. Waterloo, Ontario, Canada: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. p. 311. ISBN 978-1-55458-216-7.
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