Diocese of

Saitama さいたま

Japan

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Saitama さいたま / 埼玉 (正體中文) / Saitamæn(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Tokyo 東京

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: May 5

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1939.01.04: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Urawa 浦和 / Uravaën(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Yokohama 横浜 and became suffragan of Tokyo 東京)
1957.12.16: Promoted as Diocese of Urawa 浦和 / Uravaën(sis) (Latin)
2003.03.31: Renamed as Diocese of Saitama さいたま / 埼玉 (正體中文) / Saitamæn(sis) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.06.02 – ...):

Bishop Mario Michiaki Yamanouchi (マリオ山野内倫), S.D.B. (68)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Saitama さいたま (Roman Rite)

Bishop Mario Michiaki Yamanouchi (マリオ山野内倫), S.D.B. (68)
(2018.06.02 – ...)

Bishop of Saitama さいたま (Japan)

Unum corpus in Christo

Born:	1955.12.08 (Ōita, 大分県, Japan)
Ordained Priest:	1984.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.09.24

Bishop of Saitama さいたま (Japan) (2018.06.02 – ...)

Archbishop Peter Takeo Okada (ペトロ岡田武夫)
(Apostolic Administrator 2013.07.27 – 2017.10.25)

Bishop Marcellino Taiji Tani (マルセリーノ谷大二) (71)
(2000.05.10 – 2013.07.27)

Bishop emeritus of Saitama さいたま (Japan)

Justitiam fidem caritatem Spem Pacem / 主を呼び求める人々とともに

Born:	1953.02.13 (Takarazuka, 兵庫県, Japan)
Ordained Priest:	1986.03.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.09.15

Priest of Urawa 浦和 (Japan) (1986.03.21 – 2000.05.10)

Bishop of Saitama さいたま (Japan) (2000.05.10 – 2013.07.27)

Bishops of Urawa 浦和 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Peter Takeo Okada (ペトロ岡田武夫) (later Archbishop)
(1991.04.15 – 2000.02.17)

主に望みをおく人 / Caritas fides spes

Born:	1941.10.24 (Ichikawa, 千葉県, Japan)
Ordained Priest:	1973.11.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.09.16
Died:	2020.12.18 (Urawa, 埼玉県, Japan † 79)

Bishop of Urawa 浦和 (Japan) (1991.04.15 – 2000.02.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan) (2000.02.17 – 2017.10.25)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan (2007.06 – 2010)

Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan (2010 – 2013.06)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan (2013.06 – 2016.06.17)

Apostolic Administrator of Saitama さいたま (Japan) (2013.07.27 – 2017.10.25)

Bishop Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto (フランシスコ・ザビエル島本要), Prado (later Archbishop)
(1979.12.20 – 1990.02.08)

Born:	1932.02.14 (Kitauonome, 長崎県, Japan)
Ordained Priest:	1958.11.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.03.20
Died:	2002.08.31 († 70)

Bishop of Urawa 浦和 (Japan) (1979.12.20 – 1990.02.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan) (1990.02.08 – 2002.08.31)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan (1992 – 1995)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan (1998 – 2001)

Bishop Lawrence Satoshi Nagae (ラウレンチオ長江恵)
(1957.12.24 – 1979.12.20)

Born:	1913.08.17 (Tokyo, 東京都, Japan)
Ordained Priest:	1938.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.04.13
Died:	1998.02.11 († 84)

Bishop of Urawa 浦和 (Japan) (1957.12.24 – 1979.12.20)

Prefects Apostolic of Urawa 浦和 (Roman Rite)

Msgr. Paul Sakuzo Uchino (パウロ内野作蔵)
(1945.12.13 – 1957)

Born:

Apostolic Administrator of Urawa 浦和 (Japan) (1940 – 1945.12.13)

Prefect Apostolic of Urawa 浦和 (Japan) (1945.12.13 – 1957)

Msgr. Paul Sakuzo Uchino (パウロ内野作蔵)
(Apostolic Administrator 1940 – 1945.12.13)

Msgr. Ambrose Leblanc (アンブローズ・ルブラン), O.F.M.
(1939 – 1940)

Born:	(Canada)
Died:	1940

Prefect Apostolic of Urawa 浦和 (Japan) (1939 – 1940)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus (Urawa Church), 浦和 (Urawa), 埼玉県, 関東地方
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (61)

Niigata 新潟 (↑), Sendai 仙台 (↗), Tokyo 東京 (↘), Yokohama 横浜 (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 22,666 km²

Population: 118,820 Catholics (0.9% of 13,958,268 total)

Pastoral Centres: 59 parishes

Personnel: 42 priests (20 diocesan, 22 religious), 5 deacons, 142 religious (22 brothers, 120 sisters), 1 seminarian

Pastoral Centres

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