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Nagasaki

Former House of Archbishop

  • In 1915, the original presbytery (from before Oura Cathedral’s construction) was rebuilt.
  • It was designed by Father de Rotz and executed by Tetsukawa Yosuke. It has a basement floor, as well as three further floors which are above ground. The way it is built takes advantage of the slope upon which it sits. It is mainly made of brick, although some wood has also been used.
  • One of the building’s interesting characteristics is that it looks different when viewed from different sides. The north side is brick with a gabled roof. The south side has a hipped roof made using Japanese roof tiles. The east side of the building is colonial style with a two-storied veranda and balcony.
  • In 1959, Nagasaki Diocese was raised to the rank of an Archdiocese and the Bishop of Nagasaki was appointed an Archbishop. The residence therefore became an Archbishop’s residence.

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Bishop

［Bishop］ A bishop is a person appointed by the Pope to oversee a specific area. The area controlled by the bishop is called a diocese, and the building where the bishop lives and works is called a Bishop's Palace.

Priest

［Priest］ A priest is one of the offices of the Catholic clergy; referred to as "Father." A parish priest is entrusted with the parish by the bishop. Depending on the size of the parish, the priest may be assisted by a curate.

Parsonage

［Parsonage］ A parsonage is a building where a priest lives.

Discovery of Hidden Christians

［Discovery of Hidden Christians］ The Discovery of Hidden Christians is an event in which several Senpuku Kirishitans (hidden Christians) in Urakami confessed their faith to a priest for the first time in about 250 years, in 1865, even when the ban on Christianity had not yet been lifted. This historical event happened at the Oura Cathedral built in the foreign settlement of Nagasaki.

Yosuke Tetsukawa

［Yosuke Tetsukawa］ Yosuke Tetsukawa was a master builder and architect from Kamigoto. He received instruction in church architecture from Father Marc Marie de Rotz.　Yosuke was later involved in constructing many church buildings on his own, mainly in Nagasaki.

Marc Marie de Rotz

［Marc Marie de Rotz］ Marc Marie de Rotz, a missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, landed at Nagasaki as a diocesan bishop in 1868. After printing doctrinal books using lithography at Oura Cathedral, he was assigned as the parish priest of the Sotome area in 1879 and engaged in various welfare activities, including establishing an aid center. He also had a profound knowledge of architecture and was involved in the construction of Shitsu Church and Ono Church.

Louis-Théodore Furet

［Louis-Théodore Furet］ Louis-Théodore Furet, a missionary of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, entered Ryukyu in 1855 and landed in Nagasaki in 1863. He returned to France in 1864 and came to Japan again in 1866, becoming a priest at the Yokosuka Ironworks the following year.

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  • Nagasaki

    A unique church

    Ono church’s structure resembles that of an ordinary house. Other notable architectural features include its "de Rotz walls" and its brick window frames, as well as the windbreak in front of the entrance.

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