Togorō Uzaki
Togorō Uzaki (鵜崎 庚午郎, Uzaki Togorō, April 17, 1870 – April 3, 1930) was a Japanese pastor, an educator and an editor. He was bishop of the Japan Methodist Church for 12 years.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Uzaki was born in Himeji in Hyōgo Prefecture.[1] His father was the China scholar Kyūhei Uzaki.[1] In 1886, he entered Kōbe Palmore English Academy and was baptized the following year by American missionary Walter Russell Lambuth.[1] He became a Methodist, joining the Japan Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.[citation needed]
He studied English theology and graduated from Kwansei Gakuin University in 1891.[1] He went on to study at Vanderbilt University in the United States.[1]
Career
[edit]Uzaki taught at several schools including Sankō, Kwansei Gakuin, and Aoyama Gakuin, and was a pastor in Kobe, Hiroshima, Osaka and Kyoto.[1] He later became principal at Nagasaki Chinzei Gakuin.[1]
In 1905, Uzaki became editor-in-chief of Gokyo, the journal of the Japanese Methodist Church.[1]
In 1913, he became the bishop of the Japanese Methodist Church.[2] Serving for three terms, he represented Japan at international missionary conferences.[1] He was a delegate to the Fifth Ecumenical Conference, London, England, 1921. He was a delegate also to the Council of Religions in Tokyo.[citation needed]
Personal life and death
[edit]He died April 3, 1930, on a train after having been stricken with apoplexy.[citation needed]
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