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CBCJ : The Catholic Church in Japan
CBCJ: Catholic Bishops Conference of Japan (CBCJ) (Japanese) and
Catholic Bishops Conference of Japan (English)
List of the 16 Dioceses of Japan (on CBCJ site)
Catholic Church in Japan: An Historical Overview
Archdiocese of Nagasaki - information: Archdiocese of Nagasaki - (Nagasaki)
Chancery: Nagasaki Catholic Center
10-34 - Uenomachi, Nagasaki, NAGASAKI, 852-8113.
Phone: 0958-46-4246 Fax: 48-8310
- Nagasaki (Tokiensis) Archdiocese History, by Thomas Kennedy, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume X, by Robert Appleton Company, 1911, Online Edition, by Kevin Knight, 1999. - "...The Diocese of Nagasaki includes Kiushiu and the neighbouring islands -- Amakusa, Goto, Ikitsuki, Tsushima, Oshima, and the Ryukyu (Lu Chu) Archipelago. The total population is about 7,884,900; the Catholic population was 47,104 in 15 Aug., 1910..."
  - Cathedral Urakami (Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception) Parish
1-79, Motoomachi, Nagasaki, NAGASAKI, 852-8112
Phone: 0958-44-1777.
- Diocese of Fukuoka -
  Chancery: 39, Josuidori, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka, FUKUOKA, 810-0028
  Phone: 092-522-5139 Fax: 523-2152.
  - Cathedral Daimyomachi Parish
  2-7-7, Daimyo, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka, FUKUOKA, 810-0041 Phone: 092-741-3687.
- Diocese of Kagoshima -
  Chancery: 13-42, Terukunicho, Kagoshima, KAGOSHIMA, 892-0841
  Phone: 099-226-5100 Fax: 225-0440.
  - Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier Parish
    13-42, Terukunicho, Kagoshima, KAGOSHIMA, 892-0841
    Phone: 099-222-3408 Fax: 266-2155.
- Diocese of Naha - information: Diocese of Naha -
  Chancery: 3-7-2, Asato, Naha, OKINAWA, 902-0067 Phone: 098-863-2020
  Fax: 863-8474.
  - Cathedral Kainan (Immaculate Heart) Parish
    1-13-10, Higawa, Naha, OKINAWA, 900-0022 Phone: 098-832-3037.
- Diocese of Oita -
  Chancery: 3-7-30, Chuomachi, Oita, OITA, 870-0035 Phone: 0975-32-3397
  Fax: 38-6287
  - Cathedral Oita (Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier) Parish
  3-7-30, Chuomachi, Oita, OITA, 870-0035 Phone: 0975-32-2452.
Archdiocese of Osaka - information: Archdiocese of Osaka -
Chancery: 2-24-22, Tamatsukuri, Chuo-ku, OSAKA, 540-0004.
- Diocese of Hiroshima - (in English) and information: Diocese of Hiroshima -
     Chancery: Hiroshima Catholic Center
      4-42 - Naka-ku, Hiroshima, HIROSHIMA, 730-0016 Phone: 06-941-9700
      Fax: 946-1345.
  - Cathedral Noboricho Parish
    Hiroshima Catholic Center - 4-42,Naka-ku, Hiroshima, HIROSHIMA, 730-0016
    Phone: 082-221-0621 Fax: 221-8486.
- Diocese of Kyoto - (in English) and information: Diocese of Kyoto -
     Chancery: Kawaramachidori-sanjoagaru, Nakagyo-ku, KYOTO, 604-8006.
                      Phone: 075-211-3025 Fax: 211-3041.
  - Cathedral Kawaramachi Parish
    Kawaramachidori-sanjoagaru, Nakagyo-ku, KYOTO, 604-8006
    Phone: 075-231-4785 Fax: 211-8021.
- Diocese of Nagoya - information: Diocese of Nagoya - (Aichi Gifu Ishikawa Fukui Toyama)
  Chancery: Nagoya Diocese Center
  6-35, 2-chome, Aoi, Higashi-ku, Nagoya, AICHI, 461-0004 Phone: 052-935-2223.
  - Cathedral Nunoike Parish
    12-23, 1-chome, Aoi, Higashi-ku, Nagoya, AICHI, 461-0004
    Phone: 052-935-6305.
- Diocese of Takamatsu -
  Chancery: 1-8-9, Sakuramachi, Takamatsu, KAGAWA, 760-0074
  Phone: 0878-31-6659 Fax: 33-1484.
  - Cathedral Sakuramachi Parish
    1-8-9, Sakuramachi, Takamatsu, KAGAWA, 760-0074 Phone: 0870-31-7455.
Archdiocese of Tokyo - information: Archdiocese of Tokyo - [In 1937, the Archdiocese of Tokyo was given over to the care of the Japanese clergy
Chancery: 3-16-15, Sekiguchi, Bunkyo-ku, TOKYO, 112-0014.
Phone: 03-3943-2301,2277 Fax.3944-8511.
- Cathedral Sekiguchi (St. Mary) Parish -
  3-16-15, Sekiguchi, Bunkyo-ku, TOKYO, 112-0014 Phone: 03-3945-0126.
- Diocese of Niigata -
  Chancery: 656, Ichibancho, Higashi-obatadori, Niigata, NIIGATA, 951-8106.
  Phone: 025-222-7457 Fax.222-7467.
  - Cathedral Niigata Church
    656, Ichibancho, Higashi-obatadori, Niigata, NIIGATA, 951-8106
    Phone: 025-222-5024.
- Diocese of Sapporo - information: Diocese of Sapporo -
  Chancery: 10, 6-chome, kitaichijohigashi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060-0031, Hokkaid.
  Phone: 011-241-2785 Fax.221-3668.
  - Cathedral Kitaichijo Church
    10, 6-chome, kitaichijohigashi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060-0031, HOKKAIDO
    Phone: 011-231-4189.
- Diocese of Sendai - information: Diocese of Sendai - ( the area of jurisdiction of the Diocese of Sendai became the four prefectures of Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima. )
  Chancery: 1-2-12, Honcho, Aoba-ku, Sendai, MIYAGI, 980 Phone: 022-222-7371.
  - Cathedral Motoderakoji Church
  1-2-12, Honcho, Aoba-ku, Sendai, MIYAGI, 980 Phone: 022-222-5507.
- Diocese of Saitama - information: Diocese of Saitama [est. pref. ap. 1939, Diocese 1957]
  Chancery: 6-4-12, Tokiwa, Urawa, Saitama, 336-0001 Phone: 048-831-3150
  Fax.824-3532.
  - Cathedral Urawa Church
    6-4-12, Tokiwa, Urawa, SAITAMA, 336-0001 Phone: 048-831-0134.
- Diocese of Yokohama - [est. 1937] -
  Chancery: 44, Yamatecho, Naka-ku, Yokohama, KANAGAWA, 231.
  Phone: 045-662-5585, 5586, Fax.641-6522
  - Cathedral Yamate Parish
  44, Yamatecho, Naka-ku, Yokohama, KANAGAWA, 231
  Phone: 045-641-0735 Fax.664-3062.
  - Catholic Church of the 26 Japanese Martyrs
    2-36-9 Futamatagawa, Asahi-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Pref.
Apostolic Prefecture of Karafuto (Sibir).
Apostolic Prefecture: Karafuto

Research Resources Catholic Church and Family History
Japan

Great Moments in Catholic History by Fr. Jacques Monet, S.J., Pres. Regis College Toronto
Japan History, by Justin Ballette and Francois Ligneul, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume VIII, by Robert Appleton Company, 1910, Online Edition, by Kevin Knight, 1999. - Japan, called in the language of the country Nihon or Nippon (Land of the Rising Sun), and Dai Nihon or Dai Nippon (Great Japan)...On 15 August, 1549, St. Francis Xavier arrived in Japan, at the port of Kagoshima in Kiusiu, with two companions and three neophytes. By the boldness of his preaching, his sanctity, and his miracles, he renewed the marvels of the Apostolic age. He preached at Hirado, Yamaguchi, Bungo, and Funai, but he was unable to see the emperor or enter Miako (Kyoto)...In Japan there were then 3000 faithful, the feudal regime being favourable to evangelization...In April, 1891, the vicariate Apostolic of Hakodate was created with Mgr. Berlioz as vicar Apostolic. On 15 June the same year the ecclesiastical hierarchy was established with an Archbishop of Tokio and three suffragans, namely, namely the bishops of Nagasaki, Osaka, and Hakodate. "
Osaka (Osachensis) Archdiocese History, by Thomas Kennedy, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XI, by Robert Appleton Company, 1911, Online Edition, by Kevin Knight, 1999. - In 1911: "...The diocese embraces the territory stretching from Lake Biwa and the confines of the imperial provinces of Jetchidzen, Mino, and Owari to the western shores of the island of Nippon, together with the adjacent islands (except Shikoku) belonging to this territory..."
Nagasaki (Tokiensis) Archdiocese History, by Thomas Kennedy, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume X, by Robert Appleton Company, 1911, Online Edition, by Kevin Knight, 1999. - "...The Diocese of Nagasaki includes Kiushiu and the neighbouring islands -- Amakusa, Goto, Ikitsuki, Tsushima, Oshima, and the Ryukyu (Lu Chu) Archipelago. The total population is about 7,884,900; the Catholic population was 47,104 in 15 Aug., 1910..."
Hakodate Diocese History, by A. Berloiz, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume VII, by Robert Appleton Company, 1910, Online Edition, by Kevin Knight, 1999. - "...comprises the six northern provinces of the island of Nippon, the island of Yezo, and the Kurile Islands, as well as the administration of the southern part of the island of Saghalin, which still belongs to the Diocese of Mohilev...In 1908, the number of Catholics was 4427...The Vicariate Apostolic of Hakodate, created 17 April, 1891, was made a diocese on 15 June of the same year. It was confided to the missionaries of the Société des Missions Etrangères of Paris..."
Tokio (Tokiensis) Archdiocese History, by M. Steichen, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XIV, by Robert Appleton Company, 1912, Online Edition, by Kevin Knight, 1999.
Augustinian Home Page.
Prior General, Order of Saint Augustine
Curia Generalizia Agostiniano - Via Paolo VI, 25 - 00193 Roma Italy
- Augustinian Centers of Research - The Augustinians "...maintain several centers of study, providing resources and furthering the study of theology, of St. Augustine and of the history of the Order of St. Augustine. These centers house resources, welcome scholars, and encourage study..."
Yatsugatake Holy Trinity Benedictine Monastery - Fujimi (Nagano Prefecture) Japan
3110 Fujimi, Fujimi-machi - Nagano-ken, Japan 399-0211
Brief Chronology of Christianity (1A.D. to present)
Catholic Biographies
Japanese Martyrs, by Louis Delplace, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume IX, by Robert Appleton Company, 1910, Online Edition, by Kevin Knight, 1999. -
General Japan History, Genealogy & Directory Links

Disclaimer: I have viewed the following sites and found them to be informative for general and historical research, however, I do not necessarily agree with the content nor wish to present these links as Catholic resources.

Not Specifically Catholic - Japan Links
Japan Atlas - Japan Information, historic sites, architecture, communities and more...
- Oura Catholic Church (Nagasaki City) - photo and historic information.
Japan National Tourist Organization
Japan Townpage Directory - Phone directory, tourism pages and more
Religion in Japan Today : Christianity - "...Oura Roman Catholic Church the oldest church in Japan, which was constructed in 1865 after Japan signed a treaty of friendship and commerce with France, is in Oura, Nagasaki, which was then a French colony..."
Japan Access - online web guide
Japan Directory
Excite: Yellow Pages for Japan.
Japan Townpage English Phonebook and Japan Map and Japan Infomation
Regional Maps of Japan and Japan Tourist Information and Clickable Map.
Jefferey's Japanese<->English Dictionary - Gateway
Teach Yourself Japanese
Japan Information Network with Japan Directory
Japan Web Guide by Forest Linton.
Japan Window:
- Living Guide JAPAN
- Marriage Registration Procedures - "...when a non-Japanese national marries a Japanese inside Japan, the marriage must be registered with the ward or local municipal office..."
- Communications and Postal Services
Japan: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Welcome to "Laudate": the web-site from the Daughters of St. Paul !
Library of Congress: Area Handbook Series - Country Studies - Philippines.
Library of Congress: Country Guides
Infoplease: Countries of the World - Almanac.
Netcenter Links to International Directories
The Big Book - GTE
Netscape Yellow Pages.

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