Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagasaki

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.

Archdiocese of Nagasaki

Archidioecesis Nagasakiensis

カトリック長崎大司教区
Cathedral of the Archdiocese
Location
CountryJapan
Ecclesiastical provinceNagasaki
Statistics
Area4,192 km2 (1,619 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
1,500,249
67,728 (4.5%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralImmaculate Conception Cathedral in Nagasaki
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopJoseph Mitsuaki Takami, P.S.S.
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

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
  • August 9, 1945: The Immaculate Conception Cathedral was destroyed by the second atomic bomb that was dropped over Japan. Many Catholics of Nagasaki died that day inside the church.

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

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gollark: I have some evil obfuscated stuff you could try.
gollark: Maybe he just hamfistedly added a check for the literal text `self` and `token`.
gollark: Hmmm, unexpeqted

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