Catholic Center,
10-34 Ueno-machi,
Nagasaki-shi, 852-8113, Japan
Phone: (095)842-4450
Fax :842-4460
Email:
[email protected];
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Pope Francis appointed Bishop Peter Michiaki Nakamura as archbishop of Nagasaki on Dec 28, 2021, after the resignation of Archbishop Joseph Mitsuaki Takami. Archbishop Nakamura has previously served as auxiliary bishop of Nagasaki and was titular bishop of Fessei.
Born on March 21, 1962, in Saikai-city, Nagasaki prefecture, Archbishop Nakamura attended Nagasaki Minor Seminary before studying philosophy and theology at San Sulpizio Major Seminary in Fukuoka. He later studied at the Alfonsiana Academy in Rome, obtaining a licentiate in moral theology in 1994.
He was ordained priest on March 19, 1988, for the Archdiocese of Nagasaki and served as formator in the Minor Seminary of the Archdiocese of Nagasaki (1988-1989); vicar in the parish of Nakamachi (1989-1991); formator in the Minor Seminary (1994-1999); vicar in the Cathedral of Urakami (1999-2002); parish priest of Togitsu (2002-2005); formator in the Major Seminary in Fukuoka (2005-2007); parish priest of Uematsu (2007-2014) and professor of moral theology at the Major Seminaries of Fukuoka and Tokyo.
