Peter Magoshiro Matsuoka


Peter Magoshiro Matsuoka
Bishop of Nagoya
ArchdioceseOsaka
AppointedDecember 13, 1945
RetiredJune 26, 1969
PredecessorJoseph Reiners SVD
SuccessorAloysius Nobuo Soma
Other postsPrefect of Niigata
Titular Bishop of Belli
Orders
Ordination10 February 1918
by Jean-Claude Combaz M.E.P.
ConsecrationJune 3, 1962
by Domenico Enrici, Paul Aijirô Yamaguchi, and Paul Yoshigoro Taguchi
Personal details
BornMarch 3, 1887
DiedAugust 6, 1980(1980-08-06) (aged 93)
NationalityJapanese

Peter Magoshiro Matsuoka (ペトロ松岡孫四郎, Matsuoka Magoshiro; March 03, 1887—August 08, 1980) was a Japanese prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Prefect of Nagoya from 1945, and consecrated Bishop in 1962 when the prefecture was elevated to diocese. He served as Bishop of Nagoya until his retirement in 1969.