Diocese of Saitama
The Diocese of Saitama 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
- *Bishop Mario Michiaki Yamanouchi, SDB
- * Bishop Marcellino Taiji Tani
- Bishops of Urawa
- * Archbishop Peter Takeo Okada
- * Archbishop Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto, Ist. del Prado
- * Bishop Laurentius Satoshi Nagae
- Prefects Apostolic of Urawa
- * Fr. Paul Sakuzo Uchino
- * Fr. Ambroise Leblanc, OFM