Diocese of Kagoshima
| Diocese of Kagoshima | |
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| Country | Japan |
| Ecclesiastical province | Nagasaki |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Nagasaki Archdiocese |
| Diocesan bishop | Francis Xavier Hiroaki Nakano |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Paul Kenjirō Kōriyama |
| founding | 1927 |
| surface | 9,166 km² |
| Parishes | 71 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,646,757 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 8,971 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 0.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 26 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 18 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 204 |
| Permanent deacons | 6 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 22 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 136 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Japanese |
| cathedral | Xavier Kyōkai (St. Francis Xavier Church) |
| address | 13-42 Terukuni-chō Kagoshima-shi 892-0081 Japan |
| Website | kagoshima-catholic.jp |
The diocese of Kagoshima ( lat. : Dioecesis Kagoshimaensis , jap. カトリック鹿児島教区, katorikku Kagoshima Kyoku ) in Kagoshima Prefecture belongs to the dioceses Fukuoka , Naha and Oita to Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Nagasaki in Japan on Kyushu . It was built on February 25, 1955, after it had already been separated from the area of the Diocese of Nagasaki as the Apostolic Vicariate on March 18, 1927 . On December 18, 1972, the Diocese of Naha was spun off from the area of the diocese.
On December 3, 2005, Pope Benedict XVI. the resignation of Paul Shin'ichi Itonaga , who had headed the diocese since November 15, 1969, submitted for reasons of age . On the same day he appointed the past pastor of Shibushi Paul Kenjirō Kōriyama, who was born on August 20, 1942 and ordained a priest on March 20, 1972, as the new bishop.
history
Franz Xaver , a Spaniard and co-founder of the Jesuit order , came to the Japanese islands from Goa in 1549 in the service of the Portuguese king with three Japanese, whom he had met in Goa and converted to Christianity, and founded the first Christian community in Japan in Kagoshima .
Bishops
- Egide Marie Roy OFM ( エ ジ ド ・ ロ ア ; May 11, 1929–1936)
- Paul Aijirō Yamaguchi ( パ ウ ロ 山口 愛 次郎 ; 1936–15 September 1937, appointed Bishop of Nagasaki)
- Francis Xavier Ichitarō Ideguchi ( フ ラ ン シ ス コ 出口 一 太郎 ; June 10, 1940–1955)
- Joseph Asajirō Satowaki ( ヨ ゼ フ 里 脇 浅 次郎 ; February 25, 1955– December 19, 1968, appointed Bishop of Nagasaki)
- Paul Shin'ichi Itonaga ( パ ウ ロ 糸 永 真 一 ; November 15, 1969– December 3, 2005)
- Paul Kenjirō Kōriyama ( パ ウ ロ 郡山 健 次郎 ; December 3, 2005 - July 7, 2018)
- Francis Xavier Hiroaki Nakano (since July 7, 2018)
Web links
- Entry on the website of the Bishops' Conference of Japan in Japanese and English
- Entry for the Diocese of Kagoshima on catholic-hierarchy.org