Denomination Roman Catholic Church Phone +82 63-284-3222 | Province North Jeolla Province | |
Similar Gyeonggijeon Palace, Jeonju Hanok Village, Jeonju Station, Jeonju National Museum, Pungnammun Gate 전주 풍남문 | ||
The Jeondong Cathedral (Korean: 전동성당) also known as the Old Cathedral of Jeondong and now as the Jeondong Church of Francis Xavier is an important Catholic church in Jeonju, South Korea.
It is a temple of Roman-Byzantine, was built between 1908 and 1914 by Victor Louis Poisnel (1855-1925), in the territory and under the supervision of François-Xavier Baudounet (1859-1915), a French priest, born in Mostuéjouls in Aveyron, in the same place where many Christians were martyred. This church, located in the city center, near the traditional Jeonju Hanok Village, is a historic site (KB) # 288.
Currently a parish church, belongs to the Diocese of Jeonju (Dioecesis Ieoniuensis or 전주 교구)
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References
Jeondong Cathedral Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA