Roman Catholic Diocese of Kagoshima
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kagoshima (Latin: Kagoshimaen(sis), Japanese: カトリック鹿児島教区) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagasaki 長崎, in southern Japan.
Diocese of Kagoshima Dioecesis Kagoshimaensis カトリック鹿児島教区 | |
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 St. Francis Xavier Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Japan |
| Ecclesiastical province | Nagasaki 長崎 |
| Metropolitan | Nagasaki 長崎 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 9,187 km2 (3,547 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2011) 1,698,500 9,281 (0.5%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | St Francis Xavier Cathedral in Kagoshima |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Paul Kenjiro Koriyama |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Joseph Mitsuaki Takami |
| Bishops emeritus | Paul Shinichi Itonaga Bishop Emeritus (1970-2005) |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| Website of the Diocese | |
Its episcopal see is the Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier (Xavier Church), in the city of Kagoshima.
History
- Established on March 18, 1927 as Apostolic Prefecture of Kagoshima, an exempt missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction, on territory split off from the then Diocese of Nagasaki (now its Metropolitan)
- On 27 March 1927 it lost territory to establish the Mission sui juris of Miyazaki 宮崎
- In 1947 it lost territory (the Ryukyu Islands) to establish the Apostolic Administration of Okinawa and the Southern Islands 琉球列島
- Promoted on February 25, 1955 as Diocese of Kagoshima, hence no longer directly subject to the Holy See
Ordinaries
(all Roman Rite)
- Apostolic Prefects of Kagoshima
- Egide Marie Roy (エジド・ロア), Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1929.05.11 – death 1936)
- Francis Xavier Ichitaro Ideguchi (フランシスコ出口一太郎) (1940.06.10 – death 1955), previously Apostolic Administrator of Apostolic Prefecture of Miyazaki 宮崎 (Japan) (1940 – 1945.11.18)
- Suffragan Bishops of Kagoshima
- ? Paul Aijirô Yamaguchi † (9 November 1936 - 15 September 1937)
- Joseph Asjiro Satowaki † (25 February 1955 - 19 December 1968), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan) (1968.12.19 – 1990.02.08), President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan (1978 – 1983), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace (1979.06.30 – death 1996.08.08)
- Paul Shinichi Itonaga (15 November 1969 - 3 December 2005)
- Paul Kenjiro Koriyama (3 December 2005 - ... )
See also
- Roman Catholicism in Japan
Sources and external links
Other External links
- Diocese website (Japanese)
- Diocese at the website of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Japan (Japanese)
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