Albert Henri Charles Breton (16 July 1882 – 12 August 1954), born in Saint-Inglevert, was a French clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fukuoka.^[1][2] He was ordained in 1905 and became a priest at La Société des Missions Etrangères,^[2] starting his career as a missionary in Japan that year. He was first stationed at Hakodate for five years.^[3] In 1910, he was a parish priest at Aomori when the church and his residence was destroyed by a fire and needed to be rebuilt. He contracted poliomyelitis mid-year and returned to France where he received medical care until 1912.^[4] He collaborated with Roman Catholics in the United States and Canada until 1921.^[4]

From 1921 to 1931, Breton was assigned to Tokyo.^[3] He trained nuns acquired from the United States and operated kindergarten, orphanage, and hospice foundations.^[4] He was appointed bishop at Fukuoka and ordained a bishop in 1931.^[2] He resigned in January 1941,^[1][4] when the missionary was operated by the Priests of Saint Sulpice of Canada.^[4]

Breton was appointed titular bishop of Arabissus on May 12, 1941.^[2][4] He was a missionary in Tokyo from 1942 to 1952,^[3] during which he expanded mission posts, opened more schools for children, and built new churches.^[4] On December 8, 1941 (the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor), he was arrested by the Japanese police. He was detained until April 8, 1942.^[4] On September 29, 1949, he was awarded the Legion of Honour.^[4]

Breton died in 1954^[1][2] and was buried in Yokosuko (Yokosuka), Japan.^[3]

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