Diocese of Saitama
| Diocese of Saitama | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Japan |
| Ecclesiastical province | Tokyo |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Tokyo |
| Diocesan bishop | Mario Michiaki Yamanouchi SDS |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Marcellino Taiji Tani |
| founding | 1939 |
| surface | 22,665 km² |
| Parishes | 59 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 14,129,148 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 120,290 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 0.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 24 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 26 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2.406 |
| Permanent deacons | 6 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 30 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 159 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Japanese |
| cathedral | Urawa Kyōkai |
| Website | http://saitama-kyoku.net/ |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saitama ( lat. : Dioecesis Saitamaensis , jap. カトリックさいたま教区, katorikku Saitama Kyoku ) is in Japan situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Saitama .
history
Pope Pius XI founded the Apostolic Prefecture Urawa on January 4, 1939 out of territory from the diocese of Yokohama .
With the Apostolic Constitution Qui superna Dei it was elevated to a diocese on December 16, 1957. It took its current name on March 31, 2003 after Urawa was incorporated into Saitama in 2001.
territory
The Saitama diocese includes the prefectures Saitama , Gunma , Ibaraki and Tochigi on the island of Honshu .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Urawa
- Ambroise Leblanc OFM (1939-1940)
- Paul Sakuzo Uchino (December 13, 1945–1957)
Bishops of Urawa
- Laurentius Satoshi Nagae (December 24, 1957– December 20, 1979)
- Franz Xaver Kaname Shimamoto I del Prado (December 20, 1979– February 8, 1990, then Archbishop of Nagasaki )
- Peter Takeo Okada (April 15, 1991– February 17, 2000, then Archbishop of Tokyo )
- Marcellino Taiji Tani (May 10, 2000– March 31, 2003)
Bishop of Saitama
- Marcellino Taiji Tani (March 31, 2003– July 27, 2013)
- Peter Takeo Okada (July 27, 2013– June 2, 2018) ( Apostolic Administrator )
- Mario Michiaki Yamanouchi SDS , since June 2, 2018
See also
Web links
- Entry on the website of the Bishops' Conference of Japan in Japanese and English
- Entry on the Diocese of Saitama on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry about the Diocese of Saitama on Giga-Catholic (English)