Archdiocese of Nagasaki 長崎
Nagasakien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Nagasaki 長崎, Japan
The Archdiocese of Nagasaki is the metropolitan see of southern Japan, erected as a diocese in 1891 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1959. It holds the largest concentration of Catholics in Japan and is led by Archbishop Peter Michiaki Nakamura.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 4 May 1959
- Latin
- Nagasakien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002332
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 57,692
- Population
- 1,279,871
- Catholic share
- 4.5%
- Extent
- 4,192 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 14
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Peter Michiaki Nakamura
- Born
- 21 March 1962
- Birthplace
- Saikai-city
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Immaculate Conception Cathedral stands in Nagasaki 長崎, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Basilica of the Twenty-Six Holy Martyrs of Japan.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Nagasaki
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Fukuoka 福岡Fukuoka 福岡
- Diocese of Kagoshima 鹿児島Kagoshima 鹿児島
- Diocese of Naha 那覇Naha 那覇
- Diocese of Oita 大分Oita 大分
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].