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Roman Catholic Diocese of Saitama

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Diocese of Saitama Dioecesis Saitamaensis カトリックさいたま教区

Location
Country	Japan
Territory	Saitama, Tochigi, Gunma, and Ibaraki
Ecclesiastical province	Tokyo
Metropolitan	Tokyo
Statistics
Area	22,604 km² (8,727 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2020) 14,074,691 119,820 (0.9%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Theresa of the Child JesusinUrawa, Saitama
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Mario Michiaki Yamanouchi^[1]
Metropolitan Archbishop	Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi
Bishops emeritus	Marcellino Taiji Tani Bishop Emeritus (2000-2013)
Map

Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saitama (Latin: Dioecesis Saitamaensis, Japanese: カトリックさいたま教区) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Saitama in the ecclesiastical provinceofTokyo in Japan.

History[edit]

January 4, 1939: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Urawa from the Diocese of Yokohama
December 16, 1957: Promoted as Diocese of Urawa
March 31, 2003: Renamed as Diocese of Saitama
June 2, 2018: Appointment of Rev. Don Mario Michiaki Yamanouchi, SDB^[2]

Bishops of Saitama (Roman rite)
- Bishop Mario Michiaki Yamanouchi, SDB (マリオ山野内倫) (2018.06.02 – present)
- Bishop Marcellino Taiji Tani (マルセリーノ谷大二) (2000.05.10 -Resigned 2013.07.27)
Bishops of Urawa (Roman rite)
- Archbishop Peter Takeo Okada (ペトロ岡田武夫) (1991.04.15 – 2000.02.17)
- Archbishop Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto (フランシスコ・ザビエル島本要), Ist. del Prado (1979.12.20 – 1990.02.08)
- Bishop Laurentius Satoshi Nagae (ラウレンチオ長江恵) (1957.12.24 – 1979.12.20)
Prefects Apostolic of Urawa (Roman rite)
- Fr. Paul Sakuzo Uchino (パウロ内野作蔵) (1945.12.13 – 1957)
- Fr. Ambroise Leblanc (アンブローズ・ルブラン), OFM (1939 – 1940)

^ "Appointment of bishop of Saitama, Japan, 02.06.2018" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.

^ "Appointment of bishop of Saitama, Japan, 02.06.2018" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.

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