Diocese of Kagoshima

• Established on March 18, 1927, as Apostolic Prefecture of Kagoshima, an exempt missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction, on territory split off from the then Diocese of Nagasaki (now its Metropolitan) • On 27 March 1927 it lost territory to establish the Mission sui juris of Miyazaki 宮崎 • In 1947 it lost territory (the Ryukyu Islands) to establish the Apostolic Administration of Okinawa and the Southern Islands 琉球列島 • Promoted on February 25, 1955, as Diocese of Kagoshima, hence no longer directly subject to the Holy See == Ordinaries ==

(all Roman Rite) ;Apostolic Prefects of Kagoshima • Egide Marie Roy (エジド・ロア), Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1929.05.11 – death 1936) • Francis Xavier Ichitaro Ideguchi (フランシスコ出口一太郎) (1940.06.10 – death 1955), previously Apostolic Administrator of Apostolic Prefecture of Miyazaki 宮崎 (Japan) (1940 – 1945.11.18) ;Suffragan Bishops of Kagoshima • ? Paul Aijirô Yamaguchi † (9 November 1936 - 15 September 1937) • Joseph Asjiro Satowaki † (25 February 1955 - 19 December 1968), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan) (1968.12.19 – 1990.02.08), President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan (1978 – 1983), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Pace (1979.06.30 – death 1996.08.08) • Paul Shinichi Itonaga (15 November 1969 - 3 December 2005) • Paul Kenjiro Koriyama (3 December 2005 - 7 July 2018) • Francis Xavier Hiroaki Nakano (7 July 2018 – Present) == See also ==

• GCatholic.org with incumbent biography links • Catholic Hierarchy == Other External links ==

• Diocese website (Japanese) • Diocese at the website of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Japan (Japanese)