Roman Catholic Diocese of Kagoshima explained

Jurisdiction:	Diocese
Kagoshima
Local:	Japanese: カトリック鹿児島教区
Latin:	Dioecesis Kagoshimaensis
Country:	Japan
Territory:	Kagoshima
Metropolitan:	Nagasaki 長崎
Province:	Nagasaki 長崎
Rite:	Latin Rite
Cathedral:	St Francis Xavier Cathedral in Kagoshima
Area Km2:	9,187
Population:	1,698,500
Population As Of:	2011
Catholics:	9,281
Catholics Percent:	0.5
Bishop:	Francis Xavier Hiroaki Nakano
Metro Archbishop:	Peter Michiaki Nakamura
Emeritus Bishops:	Paul Kenjiro Koriyama Bishop Emeritus (2005-2018)
Map:	Giappone - Diocesi di Kagoshima.png
Website:	Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Kagoshima (Latin: Dioecesis Kagoshimaensis, Japanese: カトリック鹿児島教区) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagasaki 長崎, in southern Japan.

Its episcopal see is the Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier (Xavier Church), in the city of Kagoshima.

History

Established on March 18, 1927, as Apostolic Prefecture of Kagoshima, an exempt missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction, on territory split off from the then Diocese of Nagasaki (now its Metropolitan)
On 27 March 1927 it lost territory to establish the Mission sui juris of Miyazaki 宮崎
In 1947 it lost territory (the Ryukyu Islands) to establish the Apostolic Administration of Okinawa and the Southern Islands 琉球列島
Promoted on February 25, 1955, as Diocese of Kagoshima, hence no longer directly subject to the Holy See

Egide Marie Roy (エジド・ロア), Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1929.05.11 – death 1936)
Francis Xavier Ichitaro Ideguchi (フランシスコ出口一太郎) (1940.06.10 – death 1955), previously Apostolic Administrator of Apostolic Prefecture of Miyazaki 宮崎 (Japan) (1940 – 1945.11.18)

? Paul Aijirô Yamaguchi † (9 November 1936 - 15 September 1937)
Joseph Asjiro Satowaki † (25 February 1955 - 19 December 1968), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan) (1968.12.19 – 1990.02.08), President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan (1978 – 1983), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace (1979.06.30 – death 1996.08.08)
Paul Shinichi Itonaga (15 November 1969 - 3 December 2005)
Paul Kenjiro Koriyama (3 December 2005 - 7 July 2018)
Francis Xavier Hiroaki Nakano (7-July 2018 – Present)