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Suffragan diocese Kagoshima 鹿児島, Japan

Diocese of Kagoshima 鹿児島

Kagoshimaën(sis)

The Diocese of Kagoshima is a Latin rite see in southern Kyushu, Japan, established as a prefecture in 1927 and raised to a diocese in 1955. Suffragan to the Archdiocese of Nagasaki, its patron is St. Francis Xavier and it has been led since 2018 by Bishop Francis Xavier Hiroaki Nakano.

On the map

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The address the register holds for St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, in Kagoshima 鹿児島, Japan.

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Established
1927
Catholics
9,281
Priests
35
Territory
9,187 km²

Parishes and churches

29 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Francis Xavier Hiroaki Nakano
Born
15 April 1951
Birthplace
Kagoshima

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The cathedral

St. Francis Xavier Cathedral stands in Kagoshima 鹿児島, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.