Peter Takeo Okada

Peter Takeo Okada in 2018

Peter Takeo Okada (24 October 1941 – 18 December 2020) was a Japanese prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Urawa and as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Tokyo.

Quotes

• Catholics from other countries share their strong Catholic traditions and they are a channel of evangelisation. They represent hope for our local Church also because they have numerous children. Moreover many Catholic immigrant women marry Japanese husband, they are missionaries in the family and they bring up the children in the Catholic faith. Immigration is an important phenomenon in Japanese society, it is a challenge and an opportunity for evangelisation.
  • “A Church which walks with renewed faith and hope, taking up the challenge of internationalisation ” Interview with Archbishop Peter Takeo Okada, Archbishop of Tokyo and President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Japan (17 December 2007) Fides News Agency

• We may have made a mistake concerning our attitude to nature or the environment. Genesis says that we should have control over every creature. But we should have control according to the will of God. But we are not God.
  • Japanese bishops ask Francis to warn against nuclear power in his encyclical (27 March 2015) National Catholic Reporter