Draft:Andrea Lembo

Andrea Lembo, P.I.M.E. (Japanese: アンドレア・レンボ, born 23 May 1974) is an Italian prelate serving as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Tokyo since December 2023.

Early life
Andrea Lembo was born May 23, 1974, in Treviglio, Bergamo in Lombardy. He was baptized on November 24 at the Church of St. Peter the Apostle in Treviglio. . After graduating from the P.I.M.E. International Theological Seminary in Monza, he studied for a year at the regional House of the P.I.M.E. in Detroit, Michigan. After that, he attended the Theological Faculty of Northern Italy and graduated with a bachelor's degree in theology from the Divine Word School of Theology in Tagaytay, Philippines. He gave his definitive vows in the P.I.M.E. in 2003

Priesthood
On 12 June 2004, he was ordained a priest by Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi in the Archdiocese of Milan. . Following his ordination, he worked with the P.I.M.E. at the Villa Grugana community as chargé of missionary and vocational animation from 2004 to 2008.

Pastoral work in Japan
He came to Japan in 2009 and studying Japanese from 2009 to 2011. He served as coadjutor in the parishes of Narashino, Tokyo (2012-2017) and Itabashi, Tokyo (2011-2012). He has also served as the parish priest of Fuchu, Tokyo (since 2017), the director of the Shinsei-Kaikan faith's formation center (since 2021), a member of the presbyteral council of the Archdiocese of Tokyo (since 2022), and the regional superior of the P.I.M.E. for East Asia (since 2023). Before being consecrated as a bishop, he served as the regional superior of the P.I.M.E. in Japan from 2017 to 2023

Auxiliary bishop of Tokyo
Pope Francis appointed Lembo as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Tokyo on September 16, 2023. He was consecrated by Archbishop Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi in St. Mary's Cathedral on December 16, 2023. In his ecclesiastical heraldry, he placed the Japanese kanji logogram "love" to illustrate his episcopal ordination motto "sicut dilexit vos" (Latin: as I love you) (cf. John 15, 9b).