The Cathedral of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus (), also called the Urawa Church, is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church in Urawa, Saitama prefecture, Japan. It is seat of the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saitama. (Dioecesis Saitamaensis; カトリックさいたま教区)
Founded in 1940, it is dedicated to Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, a French Discalced Carmelite canonized in 1925 and proclaimed a Doctor of the Church in 1997 by Pope John Paul II. It was elevated to cathedral status in 1957 upon the erection of the Diocese of Saitama, by the papal bull "Qui superna Dei" of Pope Pius XII.
See also
Catholic Church in Japan
References
Roman Catholic cathedrals in Japan
Buildings and structures in Saitama (city) Roman Catholic churches completed in 1940 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Japan