Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagasaki

History

• May 22, 1876: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Japan from the Apostolic Vicariate of Japan
• June 15, 1891: Promoted as Diocese of Nagasaki
• May 4, 1959: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Nagasaki
• August 9, 1945: The Immaculate Conception Cathedral was destroyed by the second atomic bomb that was dropped over Japan. Many Catholics of Nagasaki died that day inside the church.

  Leadership

• Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán †
• Bernard-Thadée Petitjean, M.E.P. †
• Jules-Alphonse Cousin, M.E.P. †
• Jean-Claude Combaz, M.E.P. †
• Januarius Kyunosuke Hayasaka †
• Paul Aijirō Yamaguchi †
• Joseph Asajiro Satowaki †
• Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto, Ist. del Prado †
• Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, P.S.S.

  Suffragan dioceses

• Fukuoka 福岡
• Kagoshima 鹿児島
• Naha 那覇
• Oita 大分