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Diocese of Saitama

*Dioecesis Saitamaensis*

カトリックさいたま教区
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 Jesus in Urawa, Saitama
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Mario Michiaki Yamanouchi
Metropolitan Archbishop	Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi
Bishops emeritus	Marcellino Taiji Tani Bishop Emeritus (2000-2013)
Map
Website
	Website of the Diocese

35°51′40″N 139°38′39″E / 35.8611°N 139.6442°E / 35.8611; 139.6442

The 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 province of Tokyo 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, S.D.B.^[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), O.F.M. (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.