A method for producing an inorganic fiber-bonded ceramic material, comprising: a first pressing step of setting a laminate in a carbon die so as to be surrounded on all sides by a ceramic powder, the laminate being obtained by stacking a coated shaped product of a coated inorganic fiber, the shaped product including an inorganic fiber part formed of inorganic fibers having a pyrolysis initiation temperature of 1900°C or lower and a surface layer formed of an inorganic substance for bonding the inorganic fibers to each other, and pressing the laminate at a temperature of 1000 to 1800°C and a pressure of 5 to 50 MPa in an inert gas atmosphere; and a second pressing step of pressing the ceramic coated laminate obtained in the first pressing step at a temperature of 1600 to 1900°C, which is higher than that in the first pressing step, and at a pressure of 5 to 100 MPa in an inert gas atmosphere to pyrolyze the inorganic fiber homogeneously throughout the entire shaped product, wherein the inorganic fiber part is formed of an inorganic substance containing: (a) an amorphous substance containing Si, M, C, and O (M represents Ti or Zr); (b) an aggregate of a crystalline ultrafine particle containing β-SiC, MC, and C and an amorphous substance containing SiO 2 and MO 2 (M is the same as in (a)); or (c) a mixture of the (a) amorphous substance and the (b) aggregate, and the surface layer is formed of an inorganic substance containing: (d) an amorphous substance containing Si, O, and possibly M (M represents Ti or Zr); (e) a crystalline substance containing crystalline SiO 2 and/or MO 2 (M is the same as in (d)); or (f) a mixture of the (d) amorphous substance and the (e) crystalline substance: wherein the ceramic powder is an alumina powder, or wherein the ceramic powder includes a mixture of an inorganic substance which melts at 1800°C or lower and an inorganic substance having a higher melting temperature than the pressing temperature in the second pressing step, and the inorganic substance which melts at 1800°C or lower is glass containing SiO 2 as its main constituent, and the inorganic substance having a higher melting temperature than the pressing temperature in the second pressing step is carbon or BN. a first pressing step of setting a laminate in a carbon die so as to be surrounded on all sides by a ceramic powder, the laminate being obtained by stacking a coated shaped product of a coated inorganic fiber, the shaped product including an inorganic fiber part formed of inorganic fibers having a pyrolysis initiation temperature of 1900°C or lower and a surface layer formed of an inorganic substance for bonding the inorganic fibers to each other, and pressing the laminate at a temperature of 1000 to 1800°C and a pressure of 5 to 50 MPa in an inert gas atmosphere; and a second pressing step of pressing the ceramic coated laminate obtained in the first pressing step at a temperature of 1600 to 1900°C, which is higher than that in the first pressing step, and at a pressure of 5 to 100 MPa in an inert gas atmosphere to pyrolyze the inorganic fiber homogeneously throughout the entire shaped product, wherein the inorganic fiber part is formed of an inorganic substance containing: (a) an amorphous substance containing Si, M, C, and O (M represents Ti or Zr); (b) an aggregate of a crystalline ultrafine particle containing β-SiC, MC, and C and an amorphous substance containing SiO 2 and MO 2 (M is the same as in (a)); or (c) a mixture of the (a) amorphous substance and the (b) aggregate, and the surface layer is formed of an inorganic substance containing: (d) an amorphous substance containing Si, O, and possibly M (M represents Ti or Zr); (e) a crystalline substance containing crystalline SiO 2 and/or MO 2 (M is the same as in (d)); or (f) a mixture of the (d) amorphous substance and the (e) crystalline substance: (a) an amorphous substance containing Si, M, C, and O (M represents Ti or Zr); (b) an aggregate of a crystalline ultrafine particle containing β-SiC, MC, and C and an amorphous substance containing SiO 2 and MO 2 (M is the same as in (a)); or (c) a mixture of the (a) amorphous substance and the (b) aggregate, and (d) an amorphous substance containing Si, O, and possibly M (M represents Ti or Zr); (e) a crystalline substance containing crystalline SiO 2 and/or MO 2 (M is the same as in (d)); or (f) a mixture of the (d) amorphous substance and the (e) crystalline substance: wherein the ceramic powder is an alumina powder, or wherein the ceramic powder includes a mixture of an inorganic substance which melts at 1800°C or lower and an inorganic substance having a higher melting temperature than the pressing temperature in the second pressing step, and the inorganic substance which melts at 1800°C or lower is glass containing SiO 2 as its main constituent, and the inorganic substance having a higher melting temperature than the pressing temperature in the second pressing step is carbon or BN.