Phare

Hokkaido, Japan / Male

Location

Official nameTorapisuto Shudoin
Number44
Address392 Mitsuishi Hokuto-shi, Hokkaido, Japan
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Contact Information

Telephone[81] (138) 75-2139
Fax[81] (138) 75-3222
Community emailocso.pharo@trappist.or.jp
Websitetrappist.or.jp/home/index-English.html
SuperiorDom Franciscus Yoshimoto, Abbot 2024-2030

Other Information

Juridical statusAbbey
DioceseDioecesis Sapporensis (Sapporo)
OCSO regionORIENS
OriginsFounded by Consolation in 1896; Bricquebec immediately assumed paternity.
History
  • 1896: Dom Bernard, abbot of Consolation, went to Japan on 1 January 1896, to study the possibility of making a foundation in the mission of Hakodate where he had been offered a property of 70 hectares. Jan. 6, he accepted in principle, promising to begin the following October. The local bishop undertook the construction of a small monastery for 12 monks and their superior, as well as a guesthouse for postulants and retreatants. Regular life began on 29 October 1896.
  • 1897: It quickly became clear that Consolation would not be able to support its foundation and paternity was transferred to Bricquebec, which agreed to send Fr. Gerard as prior.
  • 1905: Construction of the permanent monastery begins.
  • 1925: Foundation of O.L. of the Holy Family at Shindenbaru, in the diocese of Fukuoka (Kyushu, southern Japan). This project was interrupted by the war and taken up again in Jan., 1951. 1946: 50th anniversary of foundation.
  • 1952: Visit of the abbot general to Japan.
  • 1953: The property of Holy Family was given to make a foundation of nuns, which began in July 1953. 1955: Dom Alexis Noda attended the General Chapter. He is the first Japanese abbot to take part. 1956: Second visit of the abbot general to Japan.
Father immediateBricquebec / Delegate of the Father Immediate : Tarrawarra; Tarrawarra (since 2021)
Daughter housesOita; Tenshien (since 1972); Sujong; Nishinomiya (until 2025); Imari (until 2025); Nasu (until 2025); Ajimu (until 2025)
Past superiors
  • Gérard PEUILLER — Superior — 29/10/1896 – 01/03/1898
  • Gérard PEUILLER — Titular Prior — 01/03/1898 – ?/03/1925
  • Augustin BRÉHIER — Superiorad nutum — ?/03/1925 – ?/05/1931
  • Benoît MORVAN — Superior ad nutum — 15/07/1931 – 08/02/1932
  • Benoît MORVAN — Titular Prior — 08/02/1932 – 30/01/1936
  • Benoît MORVAN — Abbot — 30/01/1936 – 01/02/1949
  • Marc JAMME — Superior ad nutum — ?/03/1949 – ?/08/1951
  • Thomas d’Aquin TAKASHIMA — Superior ad nutum — ?/08/1951 – 31/10/1954
  • Alexis NODA YUKIYASU — Abbot — 31/10/1954 – 21/02/1962
  • Damien URAGUSHI MINORU — Superior ad nutum — 11/03/1962 – 11/05/1966
  • Bonaventure MITSUNO — Superior ad nutum — 11/05/1966 – 03/05/1969
  • Bonaventure MITSUNO — Abbot — 03/05/1969 – 13/05/1986
  • Maur TAKAGI — Abbot — 28/06/1986 – 22/05/2004
  • Paul TAKAHASHI SHIGEYUKI — Superior ad nutum — 23/05/2004 – 10/04/2005
  • Jean-Baptiste SAKAMOTO — Superior ad nutum — 10/04/2005 – 20/06/2008
  • Franciscus YOSHIMOTO — Superior ad nutum 20/06/2008 – 25/06/2009
  • Franciscus YOSHIMOTO — Abbot — 26/06/2009 – 25/06/2015
  • Aloysius YOKOUCHI — Abbot — 26/06/2015 – 26/06/2021
  • Franciscus YOSHIMOTO — Superior ad nutum 03/03/ 2023 -27/10/2024
Work/incomeCookies and butter
Guest facilities20 persons
TransportationAirport : Hakodate
FoundationsHoly Family (1925-1953); Oita (1980).
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