Continent: South and East Asia
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Kagoshima 鹿児島 / 鹿兒島 (正體中文) / Kagoshimaën(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Nagasaki 長崎
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: September 15
Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅
Bishop (2018.07.07 – ...): | Bishop Francis Xavier Hiroaki Nakano (フランシスコ・ザビエル 中野裕明) (73) |
Bishops of Kagoshima 鹿児島 (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Bishop Francis Xavier Hiroaki Nakano (フランシスコ・ザビエル 中野裕明) (73) Bishop of Kagoshima 鹿児島 (Japan)
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Bishop Paul Kenjiro Koriyama (パウロ 郡山 健次郎) (81) Bishop emeritus of Kagoshima 鹿児島 (Japan) それでも 喜び・希望・感謝 / Joy, hope, gratitude
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Bishop Paul Shinichi Itonaga (パウロ 糸永真一)
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Bishop Joseph Asajirō Satowaki (ヨゼフ 里脇 浅次郎) (later Cardinal)
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Prefects Apostolic of Kagoshima 鹿児島 (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Fr. Francis Xavier Ichitaro Ideguchi (フランシスコ 出口 一太郎)
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Bishop Paul Aijirô Yamaguchi (パウロ 山口 愛次郎) (later Archbishop)
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Fr. Egide Marie Roy (エジド・ロア), O.F.M. |
Area: 9,188 km²
Population: 8,605 Catholics (0.5% of 1,575,306 total)
Pastoral Centres: 68 parishes
Personnel: 33 priests (23 diocesan, 10 religious), 9 deacons, 110 religious (13 brothers, 97 sisters), 1 seminarian
Last updated on 2024.04.30
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