John Yasutaro Naide was an Anglican Bishop

Bishop

A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...

 of the Diocese of Osaka, in the Nippon Sei Ko Kai

Nippon Sei Ko Kai

The Nippon Sei Ko Kai , abbreviated as NSKK, or the Anglican Church in Japan, is the religious body in the Province of Japan of the Anglican Communion....

, the Province

Province

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 of the Anglican Communion

Anglican Communion

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 in Japan. He was born in Wakayama Prefecture

Wakayama Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located on the Kii Peninsula in the Kansai region on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Wakayama.- History :Present-day Wakayama is mostly the western part of the province of Kii.- 1953 Wakayama Prefecture flood disaster :...

. Naide served as a delegate to the first synod of the NSKK in 1887. He was consecrated in 1923 as the first Bishop of Osaka, after having served as rector of Christ Church, Osaka. The Right Reverend Thomas Frank Gailor

Thomas Frank Gailor

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preached at his consecration. At the House of Bishops meeting in December 1937, Naide was elected chairman of the General Synod and president of the Executive Council of the Nippon Sei Ko Kai.