Sulpizio Shinzo Moriyama

Sulpizio Shinzo Moriyama is a Japanese Roman Catholic prelate currently serving as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oita, Japan.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Most Reverend Sulpizio Shinzo Moriyama
Bishop of Oita
Native name	スルピツィオ 森山信三
Church	Catholic Church Latin Church
Diocese	Oita
Appointed	5 April 2022
Predecessor	Paul Sueo Hamaguchi
Successor	Incumbent
Orders
Ordination	21 March 1988
Consecration	3 July 2022 by Peter Michiaki Nakamura
Personal details
Born	Sulpizio Shinzo Moriyama (1959-01-17) 17 January 1959 (age 66) Fukuoka, Japan
Alma mater	Keio University
Motto	QUOD CONFRACTUM FUCRATE ALLIGABO ET QUOD INFIRMUM FUERAT CONSOLIDABO
Coat of arms

Early life

Moriyama was born on 17 January 1959 in Fukuoka, Japan. He completed his studies in philosophy at the Keio University of Tokyo and in Theology at the St. Sulpizio Seminary in Fukuoka, Japan.^[1][2]

Priesthood

Bishop Moriyama was ordained a priest on 21 March 1988, incardinated in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fukuoka.^[1][2]

Episcopate

On 5 April 2022, Pope Francis appointed Moriyama as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oita.^[4] He was Ordained a bishop on 3 July 2022 by Peter Michiaki Nakamura.^[1][2]