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Diocese of Saitama Dioecesis Saitamaensis カトリックさいたま教区 | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| Territory | Saitama, Tochigi, Gunma, and Ibaraki |
| Ecclesiastical province | Tokyo |
| Metropolitan | Tokyo |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 22,604 km2 (8,727 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2020) 14,074,691 119,820 (0.9%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St Theresa of the Child Jesus in Urawa, Saitama |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Mario Michiaki Yamanouchi[1] |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi |
| Bishops emeritus | Marcellino Taiji Tani Bishop Emeritus (2000-2013) |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saitama (Latin: Dioecesis Saitamaensis, Japanese: 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.
- ^ "Appointment of bishop of Saitama, Japan, 02.06.2018" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.