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The Japanese Mission to Europe, 1582–1590; The journey of Four Samurai Boys through Portugal, Spain and Italy. Global Oriental Ltd. ISBN 978-1-901903-38-6. Secretariat, General (2007). "AN OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN JAPAN, 1543-1944". Catholic Bishops' Conference of Japan; Eishiro, Ito (2007).
The Catholic Church in Japan is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the pope in Rome. As of 2021, there were approximately 431,100 Catholics in Japan (0.34% of the total population), 6,200 of whom are clerics, religious and seminarians. [ 1 ]
JOQR went on the air on March 31, 1952 as the Japan Cultural Broadcasting Association. The station initially broadcast on 1310kc (10 kW output) but moved to 1130kc (former frequency of TBS Radio ) on August 15, 1953 in order for the Nippon Broadcasting System to use JOQR's former frequency.
The Cathedral of St. Joseph [1] (Japanese: 聖ヨゼフ聖堂) also called St. Joseph's Church [2] is the name given to a historic Catholic church, located in Tsukiji area, Akashi-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. The temple was consecrated in honor of Saint Joseph. It stands out as the first Catholic church in Tokyo.
Nunoike Church, officially the Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, [1] is the main cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nagoya in central Japan. Nagoya was first raised as an Apostolic prefecture in 1922 by Fr. Joseph Reiners, who led the congregation until his retirement in 1941.
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. [1] Apostolic Prefecture of Kagoshima was formed on March 18, 1927, combining the prefectures of Kagoshima and Okinawa.
Located in Kagoshima, Japan, it was named for missionary priest Francis Xavier, who arrived there in August 1549 [3] and founded a Catholic mission. In 1908 the first stone church was built on the site in recognition of their missionary efforts, but was destroyed during World War II , being replaced by a wooden church in 1949 and the present ...
Egami Church (江上天主堂, Egami Tenshudō) is a Catholic church in Gotō, Nagasaki, Japan. The church was first constructed in 1918 after the ban on Christianity was lifted. It is often considered one of the finest wooden churches in Japan.