Disclosed is a method for producing aromatic diphosphates that comprises a first process: a process of reacting specific aromatic monohydroxy compounds having sterically hindered groups at the ortho-position with phosphorus oxyhalides in the presence of Lewis acid catalyst and then removing unreacted phosphorus oxyhalide under reduced pressure to obtain specific diaryl phosphorohalidates, and a second process: a process of reacting the reaction product obtained in the aforementioned process with 0.5 moles of specific aromatic dihydroxy compounds with respect to 1 mole of halogen contained in said reaction product in the presence of Lewis acid catalyst to obtain specific aromatic diphosphates.