Peter Tatsuo Doi

was a Japanese priest of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the first Japanese person to become a Cardinal.
Early life.
Doi was born in Sendai. He studied in Rome.
Priest.
Doi was ordained as a priest in 1921.
In 1934, he was made Secretary of the Apostolic Delegation to Japan.
Bishop.
He was named Bishop of Tokyo in 1937.
He was Apostolic Administrator of Roman Catholic Diocese of Yokohama from 1945 to 1947.
Cardinal.
In 1960, Pope John XXIII created him Cardinal of Sant'Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana.
In 1965, Doi was among those who read the closing messages of the Second Vatican Council.