Roman Catholic Diocese of Saitama

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saitama (Dioecesis Saitamaensis, カトリックさいたま教区) 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)