Roman Catholic Diocese of Kagoshima

Diocese of Kagoshima

Dioecesis Kagoshimaensis

カトリック鹿児島教区
St. Francis Xavier Cathedral
Location
Country Japan
TerritoryKagoshima
Ecclesiastical provinceNagasaki 長崎
MetropolitanNagasaki 長崎
Statistics
Area9,187 km2 (3,547 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2011)
1,698,500
9,281 (0.5%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralSt Francis Xavier Cathedral in Kagoshima
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopFrancis Xavier Hiroaki Nakano
Metropolitan ArchbishopPeter Michiaki Nakamura
Bishops emeritusPaul Kenjiro Koriyama Bishop Emeritus (2005-2018)
Map
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.