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Apostolic Vicariate Of Southern Japan
The Archdiocese of Nagasaki (, ) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Nagasaki in Japan. History The Apostolic Vicariate of Japan was headed by Bishop Bernard Petitjean, Paris Foreign Missions Society, M.E.P., who moved the vicariate's residence from Yokohama to Nagasaki in 1866, giving rise to the Diocese of Nagasaki. Bishop Petitjean was the Apostolic Vicar of the Apostolic vicariate, Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Japan, which had authority over the territories of Kinki, Chugoku, Shikoku, and Kyushu, when the Apostolic Vicariate of Japan was split into the Northern and Southern Apostolic Vicariates in 1876. The three regions of Kinki, Chugoku, and Shikoku were given over to the Apostolic Vicariate of Central Japan upon its establishment in 1888. Only the Kyushu region fell under the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Japan's jurisdiction. On June 15, 1891, the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Japan was raised to the status ...
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Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. The Japanese archipelago consists of four major islands—Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu—and List of islands of Japan, thousands of smaller islands, covering . Japan has a population of over 123 million as of 2025, making it the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh-most populous country. The capital of Japan and List of cities in Japan, its largest city is Tokyo; the Greater Tokyo Area is the List of largest cities, largest metropolitan area in the world, with more than 37 million inhabitants as of 2024. Japan is divided into 47 Prefectures of Japan, administrative prefectures and List of regions of Japan, eight traditional regions. About three-quarters of Geography of Japan, the countr ...
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Januarius Kyunosuke Hayasaka
Januarius Kyunosuke Hayasaka (1883-1959) 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. His brother Kyube Hayasaka also served as bishop of the Diocese Daegu in Korea Korea is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and smaller islands. Since the end of World War II in 1945, it has been politically Division of Korea, divided at or near the 38th parallel north, 3 .... External links Bishop Januarius Kyunosuke Hayasaka - Catholic-Hierarchy References 1883 births 1976 deaths People from Sendai 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Japan Japanese Roman Catholic bishops {{Authority control ...
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Roman Catholic Dioceses And Prelatures Established In The 19th Century
Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD * Roman people, the people of Roman civilization * Epistle to the Romans, shortened to Romans, a letter written by Paul, found in the New Testament of the Christian Bible * Ar-Rum (), the 30th sura of the Quran. Roman or Romans may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Romans (band), a Japanese pop group * ''Roman'' (album), by Sound Horizon, 2006 * ''Roman'' (EP), by Teen Top, 2011 *" Roman (My Dear Boy)", a 2004 single by Morning Musume Film and television * Film Roman, an American animation studio * ''Roman'' (film), a 2006 American suspense-horror film * ''Romans'' (2013 film), an Indian Malayalam comedy film * ''Romans'' (2017 film), a British drama film * ''The Romans'' (''Doctor Who''), a serial in British TV series People * Roman (given name), a given name, including a list of people and fictional characters * Roman (sur ...
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Religious Organizations Established In 1876
Religion is a range of social- cultural systems, including designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relate humanity to supernatural, transcendental, and spiritual elements—although there is no scholarly consensus over what precisely constitutes a religion. It is an essentially contested concept. Different religions may or may not contain various elements ranging from the divine, sacredness, faith,Tillich, P. (1957) ''Dynamics of faith''. Harper Perennial; (p. 1). and a supernatural being or beings. The origin of religious belief is an open question, with possible explanations including awareness of individual death, a sense of community, and dreams. Religions have sacred histories, narratives, and mythologies, preserved in oral traditions, sacred texts, symbols, and holy places, that may attempt to explain the origin of life, the universe, and other phenomena. Religiou ...
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Roman Catholic Dioceses In Japan
The episcopate of the Catholic Church in Japan consists solely of a Latin hierarchy, joined in the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Japan. It comprises fifteen ecclesiastical territories, called (arch)dioceses, led by residential prelate bishops: three archdioceses, led by Metropolitan Archbishops, whose ecclesiastical provinces of the Roman Catholic Church include a total of twelve suffragan sees. There are no Eastern Catholic, pre-diocesan or other exempt jurisdictions. There are no titular sees. All defunct jurisdictions have current successor sees. There is an Apostolic Nunciature to Japan as papal diplomatic representation at embassy-level in national capital Tokyo. Current Latin dioceses Ecclesiastical Province of Nagasaki * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nagasaki ** Diocese of Fukuoka ** Diocese of Kagoshima ** Diocese of Naha ** Diocese of Oita Ecclesiastical Province of Osaka * Metropolitan Archdiocese of Osaka-Takamatsu ** Diocese of Hiroshima ** Diocese of Ky ...
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Catholic Church In Japan
The Catholic Church in Japan is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the pope in Rome. As of 2021, there were approximately 431,100 Catholics in Japan (0.34% of the total population), 6,200 of whom are clerics, religious and seminarians. Japan has 15 dioceses, including three metropolitan archdioceses, with 34 bishops, 1,235 priests, and 40 deacons spread out across 957 churches (parishes, quasi-parishes, mission stations, and assembly centres). The bishops of the dioceses form the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Japan, the episcopal conference of the nation. The main liturgical rites employed in Japan are those of the Latin Church. The current apostolic nuncio, who serves as the Holy See's diplomatic ambassador and delegate to the local church in Japan, is Archbishop Francisco Escalante Molina. Christianity was introduced to Japan by the Jesuits, such as the Spaniard St. Francis Xavier and the Italian Alessandro Valignano. Portuguese C ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Oita
The Diocese of Oita (, ) is a suffragan Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Nagasaki in southern Japan. Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier (Oita Church), in the city of Ōita. Diocese of Funai The first Catholic jurisdiction of Otai's territory was established on 19 February 1588, during Portuguese colonial prominence and missionary efforts in the Far East, as the Diocese of Funai (or Funay), on territory split off from the colonial Diocese of Macau. It was suppressed around 1660, having had the following incumbents (all Portuguese missionary members of Latin Congregations): * Sebastião de Morais de Funchal, Jesuits (S.J.) (1588.02.19 – death 1588.08.19) * Pedro Martins, S.J. (1592.02.17 –death 1598.02.18) * Luis Cerqueira, S.J. (1598.02.18 – death 1614.02.15), succeeding as former Coadjutor Bishop of Funai 府内 (1593.01.29 – 1598.02.18) & Titular Bishop of Tiberias (1593. ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Naha
The Diocese of Naha (, ) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagasaki, Nagasaki 長崎, in southern Japan. Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Kainan Church), located in the city of Naha (on and administrative capital of Okinawa Prefecture, Okinawa). History * Established in 1947 as Apostolic Administration of Okinawa and the Southern Islands alias of (the) Ryukyus, an exempt missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Prefecture of Kagoshima 鹿児島 (now a diocese in the same province). * Promoted on December 18, 1972 as Diocese of Naha, after its see. Ordinaries All Roman Rite, members of a Latin congregation ;Apostolic Administrators of Okinawa and the Southern Islands * Apollinaris William Baumgartner (アポリナリス・バウムガートナー), Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, OFMCap (194 ...
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Jean-Claude Combaz
Jean-Claude Combaz (8 December 1856, Saint-Béron - 1926) was a French clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagasaki The Archdiocese of Nagasaki (, ) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Nagasaki in Japan. History The Apostolic Vicariate of Japan was headed by Bishop Bernard Petitjean, Paris Foreign Mi .... He was ordained in 1880. He was appointed in 1912. He died in 1926.https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcombaz.html CH References French Roman Catholic bishops in Asia 1856 births 1926 deaths Date of death missing {{Asia-RC-diocese-stub ...
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Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto
Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto (February 14, 1932 - August 31, 2002) was a Bishop (Catholic Church), bishop of the Catholic Church. His baptismal name was "Francis Xavier". Shimamoto was ordained a Catholic priest on 23 November 1958. In 1979 he was appointed Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Urawa and consecrated on 20 March 1980. In 1990 Pope John Paul II appointed him Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagasaki. On 31 August 2002 Shimamoto died. References External links

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Cardinal (Catholic Church)
A cardinal is a senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church. As titular members of the clergy of the Diocese of Rome, they serve as advisors to the pope, who is the bishop of Rome and the visible head of the worldwide Catholic Church. Cardinals are chosen and formally created by the pope, and typically hold the title for life. Collectively, they constitute the College of Cardinals. The most solemn responsibility of the cardinals is to elect a new pope in a conclave, almost always from among themselves, with a few historical exceptions, when the Holy See is vacant. During the period between a pope's death or resignation and the election of his successor, the day-to-day governance of the Holy See is in the hands of the College of Cardinals. The right to participate in a conclave is limited to cardinals who have not reached the age of 80 years by the day the vacancy occurs. With the pope, cardinals collectively participate in papal consistories, in which matters of im ...
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Joseph Hisajiro Matsunaga
Joseph is a common male name, derived from the Hebrew (). "Joseph" is used, along with " Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic countries. In Portuguese and Spanish, the name is "José". In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is spelled , . In Kurdish (''Kurdî''), the name is , Persian, the name is , and in Turkish it is . In Pashto the name is spelled ''Esaf'' (ايسپ) and in Malayalam it is spelled ''Ousep'' (ഔസേപ്പ്). In Tamil, it is spelled as ''Yosepu'' (யோசேப்பு). The name has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries, and ''Joseph'' was one of the two names, along with ''Robert'', to have remained in the top 10 boys' names list in the US from 1925 to 1972. It is especially common in contemporary Israel, as either "Yossi" or "Yossef", and in Italy, where the name "Giuseppe" was the most common ma ...
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