Roman Catholic Diocese of Saitama

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Diocese of Saitama さいたま
Dioecesis Saitamaensis

Statistics
Country:	Japan
Metropolitan:	Tokyo
Rite:	Latin Rite
Area:	22,662 km²
Population:   Total:   Catholics:	14,179,715 (2004) 90,463 (0.6%)
Cathedral:	浦和教会 (Urawa Church of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus)
Ordinaries
Bishop:	Marcellino Taiji Tani

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saitama {Latin: Saitamaen(sis), Japanese: さいたま } is a diocese located in the city of Saitama in the Ecclesiastical province of Tokyo in Japan.

Contents 1 History 2 Leadership 3 See also 4 Source

[edit] 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

[edit] 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)

[edit] See also

• Roman Catholicism in Japan

[edit] Source

• Giga-Catholic Information
• Catholic Hierarchy