About Francis Xavier Hiroaki Nakano
Born 1951. Francis Xavier Hiroaki Nakano is a Japanese catholic priest, catholic bishop and vicar.
Hiroaki Nakano (born April 15, 1951) is a Japanese Catholic clergyman and current bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kagoshima. His baptismal name is Francis Xavier.
Biography Nakano was born on 15 April 1951 in Kagoshima City and baptized at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Kagoshima. He was educated at , and also studied philosophy and theology at . On 2 April 1978, he was ordained a priest at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral.
He is active in pro-life activism, participating in the Tokyo March for Life and promoting the encyclical Evangelium Vitae in his diocesan newspaper.
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