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Roman Catholic Diocese of Jeonju

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Metropolitan
  
Gwangju

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
8,050 km²

Phone
  
+82 63-230-1001

Parishes
  
83

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Province
  
North Jeolla Province

Country
  
South Korea

Roman Catholic Diocese of Jeonju

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 1,885,335 171,151 (9.1%)

Established
  
13 April 1937 (79 years ago)

Address
  
78-3 Namnosong-dong, Wansan-gu, Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gwangju

Similar
  
Cathédrale Jeondong, 치명자산성지, 서신천주교회, 천주교평화동성당, 복자교회(천주)

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jeonju (Latin: Dioecesis Ieoniuensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gwangju, South Korea, yet depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

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Its episcopal see is Joongang Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in Jeonju 전주시, Jeollabuk-do 전라북도 It also has a former cathedral, now Jeondong Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in Jeonju.

History

  • Established on 13 April 1937 by Pope Pius XI as the Apostolic Prefecture of Zenshu, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of Taiku
  • Renamed on 12 July 1950 by Pope Pius XII as Apostolic Prefecture of Jeonju 전주 / Chŏnju / 全州 (正體中文) / Ieoniuen(sis) (Latin)
  • Promoted on 21 January 1957 as Apostolic Vicariate of Jeonju 전주 / Chŏnju / 全州 (正體中文) / Ieoniuen(sis) (Latin), hence entited to a titular bishop.
  • Promoted again by Pope John XXIII on 10 March 1962 as Diocese of Jeonju 전주 / Chŏnju / 全州 (正體中文) / Ieoniuen(sis) (Latin)

    • Statistics

    As per 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.

    Episcopal Ordinaries

    (all Roman Rite)

    Apostolic Prefects of Zenshu
  • Father Stephen Yang-hong Kim (13 April 1937 - death 1941)
  • Father Paul Jae-yong Ju (1941 - death 1946)
  • Fr. Bartolomeo Hyun-bae Kim (1947.06.13 – 1950.07.12 see below)
    • Apostolic Prefects of Jeonju
  • Bartolomeo Hyun-bae Kim (see above 1950.07.12 – 1957.01.26 see below)
    • Apostolic Vicars of Jeonju
  • Bartolomeo Hyun-bae Kim (see above 1957.01.26 – death 1960.04.30), Titular Bishop of Agbia (1957.01.26 – 1960.04.30)
  • Peter Gong-ryul Han (1961.01.03 – 1962.03.10 see below), Titular Bishop of Sagalassus (1961.01.03 – 1962.03.10)
    • Suffragan Bisops of Jeonju
  • Peter Gong-ryul Han (see above 1962.03.10 – 1971), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Gwangju 광주 (South Korea) (1971 – death 1973.03.07)
  • Augustine Jae-deok Kim (1973.01.29 – retired 1981.04.10), died 1988
  • Michael Pak Jeong-il (박정일 미카엘) (Michael Jung-il Park) (1982.06.08 – 1988.12.15), previously Bishop of Jeju 제주 (South Korea) (1977.04.15 – 1982.06.08); later Bishop of Masan 마산 (South Korea) (1988.12.15 – retired 2002.11.11), President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea (1999 – 2002)
  • Vincent Byung-ho Ree (Vincent Ri Pyung-ho) (1990.02.08 – retired 2017.03.14)
  • Bishop-elect Rev. Fr. Dr. John Kim Son-Tae (appointed March 14, 2017; to be ordained and installed; 2017 - ...)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Jeonju Wikipedia
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