John Futoshi Matsuo, O.S.A., of the Vicariate of the Augustinian Martyrs of Japan was ordained to the priesthood on April 22, 2017 by Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, Archbishop of Nagasaki. The ordination took place.at the Church of Our Lady of Consolation in Nagasaki, Japan.
We congratulate Futoshi and the Vicariate of the Augustinian Martyrs of Japan on this occasion and assure them of our prayers.
Pictured above (l-r) John Futoshi Matsuo, O.S.A., Archbishop Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, and Thomas Hiroyuki Shibata, O.S.A., regional superior of the Vicariate.