Archdiocese of Nagasaki

. It also functions as a co-cathedral. The Apostolic Vicariate of Japan was headed by Bishop Bernard Petitjean, 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 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 of a Diocese and constituted Nagasaki Diocese. and enthroned on February 23, 2022 after Archbishop Mitsuaki Takami tendered his resignation on that same day. There are two popes who have visited this diocese, namely Pope John Paul II in February 1981 and Pope Francis in November 2019. ==Leadership==

The list of diocesan leaders below is quoted from the official website of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Japan. • Most Rev. Bernard Petitjean, M.E.P. (1866-1884) • Most Rev. Joseph Marie Laucaigne, M.E.P. (1884-1885) • Most Rev. Jules Alphonse Cousin, M.E.P. (1885-1911) • Most Rev. Jean-Claude Combaz, M.E.P. (1912-1926) • Most Rev. Januarius Kyunosuke Hayasaka (1927-1937) • Most Rev. Paul Aijiro Yamaguchi (1937-1968) • Most Rev. Joseph Asajiro Satowaki (1969-1990) • Most Rev. Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto (1990-2002) • Most Rev. Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, S.S. (2002-2021) • Most Rev. Peter Michiaki Nakamura (2022-present) ==Suffragan dioceses==

The Archdiocese of Nagasaki has 4 suffragan dioceses located in southern Japan, namely the dioceses of Fukuoka (福岡), Kagoshima (鹿児島), Naha (那覇), and Oita (大分). ==See also==