Roman Catholic Diocese of Saitama

Diocese of Saitama Dioecesis Saitamaensis カトリックさいたま教区
Location
Country	Japan
Metropolitan	Tokyo
Statistics
Area	22,662 km2 (8,750 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 14,179,715 90,463 (0.6%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	浦和教会 (Urawa Church of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus)
Current leadership
Bishop	Marcellino Taiji Tani

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saitama (Latin: Saitamaen(sis), Japanese: カトリックさいたま教区) is a diocese located in the city of Saitama in the Ecclesiastical province of Tokyo in Japan.

History

• 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

Leadership

• Bishops of Saitama (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Marcellino Taiji Tani (マルセリーノ谷大二) (since 2000.05.10)
• 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. Ambrogio Leblanc (アンブローズ・ルブラン), O.F.M. (1939 – 1940)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Japan

Source

• Giga-Catholic Information
• Catholic Hierarchy

External links

• Diocese website
• http://www.cbcj.catholic.jp/jpn/diocese/saitama.htm

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