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His Eminence '''Daniel (Nushiro) of Japan''', [[Archbishop]] of Tokyo, [[Metropolitan]] of All Japan, is the current [[primate]] of the [[Church of Japan]]. Prior to his election as Archbishop of Tokyo, Daniel was Bishop of Kyoto.
His Eminence Daniel was born as '''Ikuo Nushiro''' in Toyohashi, Aichi, in mid-Japan on [[September 5]], 1938. He graduated with a degree in French literature from Aichi University in 1962. He studied at Nicholai [[Tokyo Orthodox Seminary in (Tokyo , Japan)|Tokyo Orthodox Seminary]] from 1962 to 1965 and [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York)|St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] from 1965 to 1969.
In November 1969, he was [[odination|ordained as ]] a [[deacon]]. From 1970 he served as deacon at [[Holy Resurrection Cathedral (Tokyo, Japan)]]. In 1972 he was ordained as a [[priest]] and appointed to the [[parish ]] of Toyohashi, his birthplace.
He was married but later widowed. As a priest in his widowhood, he became a [[monk ]] on [[August 20]], 1999, and since then known as Father Daniel. On [[November 14]] of the same year he was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] as [[bishop]] and appointed to the Diocese of Kyoto and Western Japan.
After the death of Metropolitan [[Theodosius (Nagashima) of Japan|Theodosius (Nagashima)]] in 1999, Bp. Daniel was elected to be his successor and was enthroned in 2000 as Archbishop of Tokyo and Metropolitan of All Japan.
