Diocese of Saitama

The Diocese of Saitama (, ) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church 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
• June 2, 2018: Appointment of Rev. Don Mario Michiaki Yamanouchi, SDB

Leadership

• 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)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Japan

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy

References

External links

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