Diocese of Kagoshima Dioecesis Kagoshimaensis カトリック鹿児島教区 | |
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 St. Francis Xavier Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Japan |
| Territory | Kagoshima |
| 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%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | St Francis Xavier Cathedral in Kagoshima |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Francis Xavier Hiroaki Nakano |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Peter Michiaki Nakamura |
| Bishops emeritus | Paul Kenjiro Koriyama Bishop Emeritus (2005-2018) |
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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.