Diocese of Nagasaki 長崎

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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.

Archbishop
Peter Michiaki Nakamura
Latin name
Nagasakien(sis)
Erected
4 May 1959 (origins 1891)
Cathedral
Immaculate Conception Cathedral (Urakami Cathedral)
Co-cathedral
Basilica of the Twenty-Six Holy Martyrs of Japan
Rank
Metropolitan See
Rite
Latin
Province
Nagasaki (Archdiocese of Nagasaki (metropolitan see itself))
Catholics
57,692
Chancery
Archbishop's House, 1-1 Hashiguchi-machi, 852-8114 Nagasaki-shi, Japan
Telephone
Tel. [095]842-4450; fax 842-4460

Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.

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Sources: wikidata-p488,annuario · Annuario code 001002332 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08

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