Januarius Kyunosuke Hayasaka
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ヤヌアリオ 早坂久之助 Januarius Kyunosuke Hayasaka | |
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| Bishop of Nagasaki | |
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| 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 | August 14, 1883 |
| Died | October 26, 1976 (aged 93) |
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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.
