Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Jeonju

Roman Catholic Diocese of Jeonju

Roman Catholic Diocese of Jeonju

Roman Catholic diocese in South Korea


The Diocese of Jeonju (Latin: Dioecesis Ieoniuensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in South Korea. It is in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Gwangju, yet depends on the missionary Dicastery for Evangelization.

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Its cathedra is in the Joongang Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in the episcopal see of Jeonju 전주시, Jeollabuk-do 전라북도. It also has a former cathedral, now Jeondong Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in Jeonju. Both are named for the Sacred Heart of Jesus.[1]

History

Statistics

As of 2014, it pastorally served 190,465 Catholics (10.2% of 1,872,965 total) on 8,066 km2 in 93 parishes and 5 missions with 213 priests (209 diocesan, 4 religious), 341 lay religious (7 brothers, 334 sisters) and 42 seminarians.[1]

Ordinaries

Apostolic Prefects of Zenshu

  • Stephen Kim Yang-hong (1937–1941)
  • Paul Jae-yong Ju (1941–1946)
  • Bartolomeo Hyun-bae Kim (1947–1950)

Apostolic Prefects of Jeonju

  • Bartolomeo Hyun-bae Kim (1950–1957)

Apostolic Vicars of Jeonju

  • Bartolomeo Hyun-bae Kim (1957–1960)
  • Peter Han Kong-ryel (1961–1962)

Bishops of Jeonju

  • Peter Han Kong-ryel (1962–1971), appointed Archbishop of Gwangju
  • Augustine Jae-deok Kim (1973–1981)
  • Michael Pak Jeong-il (1982–1988), appointed Bishop of Masan
  • Vincent Ri Pyung-ho (1990–2017)
  • John Kim Son-tae (2017–present)[2]

See also


References

  1. "Diocese of Jeonju". Giga Catholic. Retrieved 2014-02-13.

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