Edgar Gacutan

Edgar Cuntapay Gacutan is the bishop appointed by the Holy See to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sendai, Japan.

[1] Edgar attended the St. Louis University in Baguio from 1981 to 1985 where he obtained a degree in philosophy.

[3] On 23 April 1994, Gacutan was ordained a priest for the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

[4] From January 2014 to March 2017, Gacutan was assigned in Sendai and dealt with the victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami as part of his missionary work.

[4] Gacutan would then be assigned to the Matsubara Catholic Church in Setagaya ward in Tokyo.