I am deeply touched by the death of the Reverend Father Augustine Toshio Ikeda, S.S.P., who passed away on March 31st, 2019.


I have known him for more than five years and learned to admire him for his zeal for the Catholic faith, his intellectual robustness, his courage, and his love of the Church and her sheep.


Please accept my heartfelt condolences on his death, together with my promise of a continued remembrance of him at daily prayer so that he will have eternal rest and be alive in the midst of us.