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ヤヌアリオ 早坂久之助 Januarius Kyunosuke Hayasaka | |
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Archbishop of Nagasaki | |
Church | Catholic Church |
Diocese | Nagasaki |
Installed | April 25, 1928 |
Term ended | February 5, 1937 |
Predecessor | Jean-Claude Combaz |
Successor | Paul Aijirô Yamaguchi |
Orders | |
Ordination | June 10, 1917 |
Consecration | October 30, 1927 |
Personal details | |
Born | Miyagi Prefecture, Sendai | August 14, 1883
Died | October 26, 1976 | (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.