Resignation and appointment of metropolitan archbishop of Nagasaki, Japan

The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the metropolitan archdiocese of Nagasaki, Japan, presented by Archbishop Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, P.S.S.

At the same time, the Pope appointed as Bishop Peter Michiaki Nakamura, until now titular of Fessei and auxiliary of Nagasaki, as metropolitan archbishop of the same see.