Suffragan diocese Kagoshima 鹿児島, Japan
Diocese of Kagoshima 鹿児島
Kagoshimaën(sis)
Latin Church
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
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- 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.
- ザビエル教会鹿児島市View parish
- 入来教会薩摩川内市View parish
- 出水教会出水市View parish
- 加世田教会南さつま市View parish
- 古仁屋教会大島郡View parish
- 古田町教会奄美市View parish
- 吉野教会鹿児島市View parish
- 名瀬聖心教会奄美市View parish
- 和泊教会鹿児島県大島郡View parish
- 国分教会霧島市View parish
- 垂水教会垂水市Mass times recorded
- 大口教会伊佐市View parish
- 大熊教会奄美市View parish
- 大笠利教会奄美市View parish
- 姶良教会姶良市View parish
- 小宿教会奄美市View parish
- 川内教会いちき串木野市View parish
- 志布志教会志布志市View parish
- 指宿教会指宿市View parish
- 母間教会大島郡View parish
- 溝辺教会（マリア山荘）霧島市View parish
- 瀬留教会大島郡View parish
- 玉里教会鹿児島市View parish
- 種子島教会西之表市View parish
- 紫原教会鹿児島市View parish
- 谷山教会鹿児島市View parish
- 阿久根教会阿久根市View parish
- 鴨池教会鹿児島市View parish
- 鹿屋教会鹿屋市View parish
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
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
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.