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Roman Catholic Diocese of Andong

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Parishes
  
38

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
South Korea

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
10,781 km²

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Thaddeus Cho Hwan-Kil

Roman Catholic Diocese of Andong

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2012)761,00047,837 (6.3%)

Established
  
29 May 1969 (47 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Andong

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Daegu

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Andong (Latin: Dioecesis Andongensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church located in Andong, South Korea. The diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Daegu.

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History

On 29 May 1969 Pope Paul VI established the Diocese of Andong from territory taken from the Archdiocese of Daegu and the Diocese of Wonju.

Ordinaries

  • Rene Dupont (1969-1990)
  • Ignatius Seok-hee Park (1990-2000)
  • John Chrisostom Kwon Hyeok-ju (2001-present)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Andong Wikipedia
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