Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto (February 14, 1932 - August 31, 2002) was a bishop of the Catholic Church.

Shimamoto was ordained a Catholic priest on 23 November 1958.

In 1979 he was appointed Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Urawa and consecrated on 20 March 1980.

In 1990 Pope John Paul II appointed him Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nagasaki.

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