Daniel (Nushiro)

Biography

Metropolitan Daniel (ダニエル大主教, Danieru dai shukyō) (5 September 1938–10 August 2023) was a Japanese clergyman and monk of the Japanese Orthodox Church. He had been the primate of the Japanese Orthodox Church since 2000, by virtue of the office of the Archbishop of Tokyo. He was thus the spiritual leader of approximately 30,000 Japanese Orthodox Christians. His full title was His Eminence Daniel, Archbishop of Tokyo and Metropolitan of All Japan.