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 (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)

See also Roman Catholicism in Japan

Sources GCatholic.org Catholic Hierarchy

References

External links Diocese website http://www.cbcj.catholic.jp/jpn/diocese/saitama.htm