The present invention provides a spherical porous ceramic body wherein the total volume of the pores having a pore radius of from 1.8 nm to 100 μm is {HEAD ~ about 0.25 cm3}/g or more, the mode of pore radius of {TAIL ~ the pores} is from about 1 μm to about 6 μm and the packing density is from about 0.7 g/cm3 to about 1 g/cm3 