Januarius Kyunosuke Hayasaka

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Januarius Kyunosuke Hayasaka (1883-1976)[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.

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  1. 1.[1.2]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. 2."Archbishop of Nagasaki Archdiocese Peter Michiaki Nakamura | UCA News". ucanews.com. Retrieved 2023-03-30.