Roman Catholic Diocese of Saitama
Coordinates: 35°51′40″N 139°38′39″E / 35.8611°N 139.6442°E
| Diocese of Saitama Dioecesis Saitamaensis カトリックさいたま教区 | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| Ecclesiastical province | Tokyo |
| Metropolitan | Tokyo |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 22,604 km2 (8,727 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 14,139,486 100,477 (0.7%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St Theresa of the Child Jesus in Urawa, Saitama |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Sede Vacante |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Peter Takeo Okada |
| Apostolic Administrator | Peter Takeo Okada |
| Emeritus Bishops | Marcellino Taiji Tani Bishop Emeritus (2000-2013) |
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| Website of the Diocese | |
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)Resigned July 27, 2013. Archbishop Okada named Apostolic Administrator
- 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)