Metropolitan see Nagasaki 長崎, Japan
Archdiocese of Nagasaki 長崎
Nagasakien(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1891
- Catholics
- 57,692
- Priests
- 131
- Territory
- 4,192 km²
Parishes and churches
126 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- （巡回）跡次◆海の星の聖母南松浦郡新上五島町View parish
- （巡回）間瀬◆聖ルドビコ茨木西海市View parish
- （巡回）雲仙◆福者アントニオ石田と同志殉教者雲仙市View parish
- （巡回）頭ヶ島◆聖ヨセフ南松浦郡新上五島町View parish
- （巡回）高井旅◆無原罪の聖母南松浦郡新上五島町View parish
- （準小教区）小長井◆無原罪の聖母諫早市View parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Peter Michiaki Nakamura
- Born
- 21 March 1962
- Birthplace
- Saikai-city
Explore the ministry of 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.