Archdiocese of Nagasaki, Japan

Founded

• 22 May 1876 by Pope Blessed Pius IX as the Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Japan

Elevated

• 15 June 1891 by Pope Leo XIII to the Diocese of Nagasaki
• 4 May 1959 by Pope Blessed John XXIII to an Archdiocese

Suffragans

• Fukuoka
• Kagoshima
• Naha
• Oita

Bishops

• Archbishop Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán
• Archbishop Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto
• Archbishop Joseph Asjiro Satowaki
• Archbishop Joseph Mitsuaki Takami
• Archbishop Paul Aijirô Yamaguchi
• Bishop Bernard-Thadée Petitjean
• Bishop Jean-Claude Combaz
• Bishop Jules-Alphonse Cousin
• Bishop Januarius Kyunosuke Hayasaka
• Bishop Joseph Hisajiro Matsunaga
• Bishop Joseph-Marie Laucaigne
• Bishop Michael Wasaburo Urakawa

Notes

During its founding, the area of the archdiocese was the scene of many martyrdoms and massacres of Christians.

Additional Information

• Catholic-Hierarchy.Org
• Archdiocese of Nagasaki