Januarius Kyunosuke Hayasaka

ヤヌアリオ 早坂久之助
Januarius Kyunosuke Hayasaka
Archbishop of Nagasaki
ChurchCatholic Church
DioceseNagasaki
InstalledApril 25, 1928
Term endedFebruary 5, 1937
PredecessorJean-Claude Combaz
SuccessorPaul Aijirô Yamaguchi
Orders
OrdinationJune 10, 1917
ConsecrationOctober 30, 1927
Personal details
Born(1883-08-14)August 14, 1883
Japan Miyagi Prefecture, Sendai
DiedOctober 26, 1976(1976-10-26) (aged 93)

Januarius Kyunosuke Hayasaka (1883-1959)[1] was a bishop of the Catholic Church of Showa from Meiji. His baptismal name was "Yanuario".

Hayasaka was the first Japanese-ethnicity bishop. He served as the archbishop of Nagasaki between 1927 and 1937.[1][2] His brother Kyube Hayasaka also served as bishop of the Diocese Daegu in Korea.

References

  1. ^ a b Claudel, Paul (2008). Correspondance de Paul Claudel avec les ecclésiastiques de son temps: le Sacrement du monde et l'Intention de Gloire. Volume II-1 (in French). Champion. ISBN 978-2-7453-1735-3.
  2. ^ "Archbishop of Nagasaki Archdiocese Peter Michiaki Nakamura | UCA News". ucanews.com. Retrieved 2023-03-30.