Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagasaki

Archdiocese of Nagasaki Archidioecesis Nagasakiensis カトリック長崎大司教区
Cathedral of the Archdiocese
Location
Country	Japan
Ecclesiastical province	Nagasaki
Statistics
Area
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 1,500,249 67,728 (4.5%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Nagasaki
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, P.S.S.
Map
File:Giappone - Arcidiocesi di Nagasaki.png
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagasaki (Latin: Nagasakien(sis), Japanese: カトリック長崎大司教区) is an archdiocese located in the city of Nagasaki in Japan.

History

• May 22, 1876: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Japan from the Apostolic Vicariate of Japan
• June 15, 1891: Promoted as Diocese of Nagasaki
• May 4, 1959: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nagasaki

Leadership

• Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán † (17 May 1627 Appointed - 22 Dec 1670 Retired)
• Bernard-Thadée Petitjean, M.E.P. † (22 May 1876 Appointed - 7 Oct 1884 Died)
• Jules-Alphonse Cousin, M.E.P. † (16 Jun 1885 Appointed - 18 Sep 1911 Died)
• Jean-Claude Combaz, M.E.P. † (3 Jun 1912 Appointed - 18 Aug 1926 Died)
• Januarius Kyunosuke Hayasaka † (16 Jul 1927 Appointed - 5 Feb 1937 Resigned)
• Paul Aijirō Yamaguchi † (15 Sep 1937 Appointed - 19 Dec 1968 Retired)
• (Cardinal) Joseph Asajiro Satowaki † (19 Dec 1968 Appointed - 8 Feb 1990 Retired)
• Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto, Ist. del Prado † (8 Feb 1990 Appointed - 31 Aug 2002 Died)
• Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, P.S.S. (17 Oct 2003 Appointed - )

Suffragan dioceses

• Fukuoka 福岡
• Kagoshima 鹿児島
• Naha 那覇
• Oita 大分

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Japan

Source

• GCatholic.org/GCatholic.org: The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nagasaki, Japan
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website

External links

• http://www.cbcj.catholic.jp/jpn/diocese/nagasaki.htm