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Diocese of

Saitama さいたま

Japan

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Tokyo 東京

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

Website:

History

1939.01.04: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Urawa / Uravaën(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Yokohama 横浜)
1957.12.16: Promoted as Diocese of Urawa / Uravaën(sis) (Latin)
2003.03.31: Renamed as Diocese of Saitama さいたま / 埼玉 (繁體中文) / Saitamæn(sis) (Latin)

Special Churches

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

Present Prelates

Bishop (2000.05.10 – ...):

Bishop Marcellino Taiji Tani (マルセリーノ谷大二) (60)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Saitama さいたま (Roman Rite)

Bishop Marcellino Taiji Tani (マルセリーノ谷大二) (60)
(2000.05.10 – ...)

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

Born:	1953.02.13 (Japan)
Ordained Priest:	1986.03.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.09.15

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

Bishops of Urawa (Roman Rite)

Bishop Peter Takeo Okada (ペトロ岡田武夫) (71) (later Archbishop)
(1991.04.15 – 2000.02.17)

主に望みをおく人

Born:	1941.10.24 (Japan)
Ordained Priest:	1973.11.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.09.16

Bishop of Urawa (Japan) (1991.04.15 – 2000.02.17)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bishop of Urawa (Japan) (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)

Born:

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

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

Died:

1940

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

as of 2013.05.03

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