Nathaniel Makoto Uematsu

Nathaniel Makoto Uematsu (植松 誠 ナタナエル) is a Japanese Anglican bishop. He was the bishop of the diocese of Hokkaidō, Japan, from 1997 to 2022, and was the primate of the Nippon Sei Ko Kai, the province of the Anglican Communion in Japan, from 2006 to 2020.^[1]

The Most Reverend Nathaniel Makoto Uematsu
Primate of the Nippon Sei Ko Kai, Bishop of Hokkaido
Church	Nippon Sei Ko Kai
Diocese	Diocese of Hokkaido
In office	2006–2020
Successor	Luke Kenichi Muto
Orders
Ordination	1984
Consecration	1997
Personal details
Born	1952
Nationality	Japanese
Denomination	Anglican

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Uematsu became primate on 23 May 2006 having previously worked as a curate at St. Mark's in Ashiya, Osaka, as rector at Holy Trinity in the same city, and as general secretary of the Provincial Office of the Nippon Sei Ko Kai.^[2][3]

Uematsu is a 1982 master of divinity graduate of the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas.