Roman Catholic Diocese of Chunchon

Diocese of Chuncheon
Dioecesis Chuncheonensis
춘천 교구
Location
Country South Korea
Ecclesiastical province Seoul
Metropolitan Seoul
Statistics
Area 17,000 km2 (6,600 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
1,190,735
73,366 (6.2%)
Parishes 49
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established 25 April 1939 (76 years ago)
Cathedral Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Chuncheon
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Lucas Kim Woon-hoe
Metropolitan Archbishop Andrew Yeom Soo-jung
Emeritus Bishops John Chang-yik Bishop Emeritus (1994-2010)
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Chunchon (also romanized Chuncheon and Ch’unch’on, Latin: Dioecesis Chuncheonensis) is a particular church of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in South Korea. A suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Seoul, it has ecclesiastic authority over the administrative province of Gangwon-do.

Its cathedral episcopal see mother church is Jungnim-dong Cathedral in Chuncheon.

History

The jurisdiction was erected on April 25, 1939 as a missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Seoul under the name Apostolic Prefecture of Shunsen, the city's name during the period of Japanese rule of Korea.

It was renamed the Apostolic Prefecture of Chunchon on July 16, 1950 and made an Apostolic vicariate on September 20, 1955.

It was elevated to diocesan status on March 10, 1962.[1][2]

On 22 March 1965, it lost territory to establish the Diocese of Wonju 원주

List of bishops

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References

  1. "Diocese of Ch’unch’on". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2008-05-17.
  2. "Diocese of Chuncheon". Giga Catholic. Retrieved 2014-02-12.

External links

Coordinates: 37°52′00″N 127°43′59″E / 37.8667°N 127.7330°E / 37.8667; 127.7330

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