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Roman Catholic Diocese of Saitama

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Apostolic Administrator
  
Peter Takeo Okada

Phone
  
+81 48-831-3150

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Peter Takeo Okada

Pope
  
Francis

Area
  
22,604 km²

Country
  
Japan

Roman Catholic Diocese of Saitama

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2010) 14,139,486 100,477 (0.7%)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of St Theresa of the Child Jesus in Urawa, Saitama

Emeritus Bishops
  
Marcellino Taiji Tani Bishop Emeritus (2000-2013)

Address
  
6 Chome-4-12 Tokiwa, Urawa Ward, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture 330-0061, Japan

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tokyo

Similar
  
カトリック浦和教会, カトリック東京大司教区赤羽教会, カトリック吉祥寺教会, カトリック高円寺教会, St Ignatius Catholic Church

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.

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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)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Saitama Wikipedia
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