Roman Catholic Diocese of Kagoshima

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Diocese of Kagoshima
鹿児島
Dioecesis Kagoshimaensis

Statistics
Country:	Japan
Metropolitan:	Nagasaki 長崎
Rite:	Latin Rite
Area:	7,140 km²
Population:   Total:   Catholics:	1,773,301 (2004) 9,287 (0.5%)
Cathedral:	ザビエル教会 (St. Francis Xavier Cathedral)
Ordinaries
Bishop:	Paul Kenjiro Koriyama

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kagoshima {Latin: Kagoshimaen(sis), Japanese: 鹿児島 } is a diocese located in the city of Kagoshima in the Ecclesiastical province of Nagasaki 長崎 in Japan.

Contents 1 History 2 Leadership 3 See also 4 Source

[edit] History

• March 18, 1927: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Kagoshima from the Diocese of Nagasaki
• February 25, 1955: Promoted as Diocese of Kagoshima

[edit] Leadership

• Bishops of Kagoshima (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Paul Kenjiro Koriyama (パウロ郡山健次郎) (since 2005.12.03)
  • Bishop Paul Shinichi Itonaga (パウロ糸永真一) (1969.11.15 – 2005.12.03)
  • Cardinal Joseph Asajirō Satowaki (ヨゼフ里脇浅次郎) (1955.02.25 – 1968.12.19)
• 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)
  • Fr. Egide Marie Roy (エジド・ロア), O.F.M. (1929.05.11 – 1936)

[edit] See also

• Roman Catholicism in Japan

[edit] Source

• Giga-Catholic Information
• Catholic Hierarchy