Diocese of

Kagoshima 鹿児島

Japan

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese 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

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Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: September 15

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1927.03.18: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Kagoshima 鹿児島 / 鹿兒島 (正體中文) / Kagoshimaën(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Nagasaki 長崎 and became suffragan of Tokyo 東京)
1928.03.27: Lost territory to establish Mission sui juris of Miyazaki 宮崎
1947.01.13: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Administration of Okinawa and the Southern Islands 琉球列島
1952.02.28: Gained territory from Apostolic Administration of Okinawa and the Southern Islands 琉球列島
1955.02.25: Promoted as Diocese of Kagoshima 鹿児島 / 鹿兒島 (正體中文) / Kagoshimaën(sis) (Latin)
1959.05.04: Became suffragan of Nagasaki 長崎

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.07.07 – ...):

Bishop Francis Xavier Hiroaki Nakano (フランシスコ・ザビエル中野裕明) (73)

Ordinaries

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)
(2018.07.07 – ...)

Bishop of Kagoshima 鹿児島 (Japan)

Quærite primum regnum Dei

Born:	1951.04.15 (Kagoshima, 鹿児島県, 九州, Japan)
Ordained Priest:	1978.04.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.10.08

Priest of Kagoshima 鹿児島 (Japan) (1978.04.02 – 2018.07.07)

Bishop of Kagoshima 鹿児島 (Japan) (2018.07.07 – ...)

Bishop Paul Kenjiro Koriyama (パウロ郡山健次郎) (82)
(2005.12.03 – 2018.07.07)

Bishop emeritus of Kagoshima 鹿児島 (Japan)

それでも　喜び・希望・感謝 / Joy, hope, gratitude

Born:	1942.08.20 (Amami Ōshima, 鹿児島県, 九州, Japan)
Ordained Priest:	1972.03.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.01.29

Priest of Kagoshima 鹿児島 (Japan) (1972.03.20 – 2005.12.03)

Bishop of Kagoshima 鹿児島 (Japan) (2005.12.03 – 2018.07.07)

Bishop Paul Shinichi Itonaga (パウロ糸永真一)
(1969.11.15 – 2005.12.03)

Born:	1928.07.23 (Hirado, 長崎県, 九州, Japan)
Ordained Priest:	1952.09.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.01.18
Died:	2016.12.10 († 88)

Bishop of Kagoshima 鹿児島 (Japan) (1969.11.15 – 2005.12.03)

Bishop Joseph Asajirō Satowaki (ヨゼフ里脇浅次郎) (later Cardinal)
(1955.02.25 – 1968.12.19)

Lætentur insulæ multæ

Born:	1904.02.01 (Sotome, 長崎県, 九州, Japan)
Ordained Priest:	1932.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1955.05.03
Created Cardinal:	1979.06.30
Died:	1996.08.08 (Nagasaki, 長崎県, 九州, Japan † 92)

Priest of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan) (1932.12.17 – 1955.02.25)

Apostolic Administrator of Formosa Island 台灣 (Taiwan) (1941.04.02 [1941.04.02] – 1948.03.05)

Bishop of Kagoshima 鹿児島 (Japan) (1955.02.25 – 1968.12.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan) (1968.12.19 – 1990.02.08)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan (1978 – 1983)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace (1979.06.30 – 1996.08.08)

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)
(1940.06.10 – 1955)

Born:	(Japan)
Died:	1955

Apostolic Administrator of Miyazaki 宮崎 (Japan) (1940 – 1945.11.18)

Prefect Apostolic of Kagoshima 鹿児島 (Japan) (1940.06.10 – 1955)

Bishop Paul Aijirô Yamaguchi (パウロ山口愛次郎) (later Archbishop)
(1936 – 1940.06.10)

Born:	1894.07.14 (Urakamiyamazatomura, 長崎県, 九州, Japan)
Ordained Priest:	1923.12.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1937.11.07
Died:	1976.09.25 († 82)

Prefect Apostolic of Kagoshima 鹿児島 (Japan) (1936 – 1940.06.10)

Bishop of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan) (1937.09.15 – 1959.05.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan) (1959.05.04 – 1968.12.19)

Titular Archbishop of Massa Lubrense (1968.12.19 – 1971.02.04)

Fr. Egide Marie Roy (エジド・ロア), O.F.M.
(Apostolic Administrator 1929.05.11 – 1936)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier (Xavier Church), 鹿児島 (Kagoshima), 鹿児島県, 九州
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (31)

Naha 那覇 (↙), Fukuoka 福岡 (↑), Oita 大分 (↗)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 9,187 km²

Population: 8,559 Catholics (0.5% of 1,561,240 total)

Pastoral Centres: 68 parishes

Personnel: 35 priests (24 diocesan, 11 religious), 8 deacons, 105 religious (15 brothers, 90 sisters), 1 seminarian

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.10.01

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