On April 24, 2008, the Community of
Oita
(Japan), elected as Prior for a term of 6 years
Dom Raphaël Shioya
Hisashi,
who has been the superior ad nutum since
September 14, 2007.
Dom Raphaël Shioya Hisashi was born in 1965 at
Kamakura (Japan), he entered at Oita in
1986, made solemn profession in 1991 and was ordained a priest in
2006.