Januarius Kyunosuke Hayasaka Explained

Type:catholic
ヤヌアリオ 早坂久之助
Januarius Kyunosuke Hayasaka
Archbishop of Nagasaki
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Nagasaki
Enthroned:April 25, 1928
Ended:February 5, 1937
Predecessor:Jean-Claude Combaz
Successor:Paul Aijirô Yamaguchi
Ordination:June 10, 1917
Consecration:October 30, 1927
Birth Date:14 August 1883
Birth Place: Miyagi Prefecture, Sendai

Januarius Kyunosuke Hayasaka (1883-1959)[1] was a bishop of the Catholic Church of Showa from Meiji. His baptismal name was "Yanuario".

Hayasaka was the first Japanese-ethnicity bishop. He served as the archbishop of Nagasaki between 1927 and 1937.[2] His brother Kyube Hayasaka also served as bishop of the Diocese Daegu in Korea.

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  1. Book: Claudel, Paul . Correspondance de Paul Claudel avec les ecclésiastiques de son temps: le Sacrement du monde et l'Intention de Gloire. Volume II-1 . 2008 . Champion . 978-2-7453-1735-3 . fr.
  2. Web site: Archbishop of Nagasaki Archdiocese Peter Michiaki Nakamura UCA News . 2023-03-30 . ucanews.com.