Roman Catholic Diocese of Kagoshima
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Diocese of Kagoshima Dioecesis Kagoshimaensis カトリック鹿児島教区 |
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St. Francis Xavier Cathedral
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| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| Ecclesiastical province | Nagasaki 長崎 |
| Metropolitan | Nagasaki 長崎 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 9,187 km2 (3,547 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2011) 1,698,500 9,281 (0.5%) |
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| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | St Francis Xavier Cathedral in Kagoshima |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Paul Kenjiro Koriyama |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Joseph Mitsuaki Takami |
| Emeritus Bishops | Paul Shinichi Itonaga Bishop Emeritus (1970-2005) |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kagoshima (Latin: Kagoshimaen(sis), Japanese: カトリック鹿児島教区) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagasaki 長崎, in southern Japan.
Its catedral episcopal see is Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier (Xavier Church), in the city of Kagoshima.
(all Roman Rite)
Coordinates: 31°35′30″N 130°33′02″E / 31.59167°N 130.55056°E
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