Hamao was on the hijacked Japan Airlines Flight 351 as a passenger in 1970 . He was appointed titular bishop of Oreto and auxiliary bishop of Tokyo on 5 February 1970 , and was consecrated on 29 April 1970 . He was named Bishop of Yokohama on 30 October 1979 , a post he held for almost 20 years until he resigned on 15 June 1998 to become President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants . He was made an Archbishop at the same time . He was also head of the regional branch of the charity Caritas , and became president of the Japanese Episcopal Conference in 1995 . He was elevated to the College of Cardinals on 21 October 2003 by Pope John Paul II , Hamao held the title of Cardinal Deacon of '' St. John Bosco in Via Tuscolana '' . The same year , he had called for a '' Third Vatican Council '' to deal with the question of local church authority
Japan Airlines Flight 351
Japan Airlines Flight 351
Stephen Fumio Hamao