Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe (フランシスコ・ザビエル溝部脩), S.D.B. (March 5, 1935 – February 29, 2016) was a

Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

bishop. Mizobe was ordained to the priesthood on February 9, 1964. He served as

Bishop A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of di ...

of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sendai,

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from 2000 to 2005 and as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Takamatsu from 2005 to 2011.GCatholic.org-Diocese of Sendai
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