Country South Korea Metropolitan Seoul Denomination Roman Catholic Bishop Mathias Ri Iong-hoon Phone +82 31-244-5001 | Ecclesiastical province Seoul Parishes 191 Area 5,371 km² Province Gyeonggi Province | |
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Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2010)
7,444,906
743,833 (10%) Address 39 Imok-ro, Jeongja 1(il)-dong, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea Similar 천주교수원교구평협, 천주교수원교구성령쇄신봉사회, 천주교고등동성당, 권선동성당, 천주교수원교구사회복지회 | ||
Diocese of suwon promotion
The Diocese of Suwon (Lat.: Dioecesis Suvonensis) is a particular church of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church. The seat of the Bishop of Suwon is at Jeongjadong Cathedral in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
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Pope Paul VI created the episcopal see on October 7, 1963. The territory had previously been part of the Archdiocese of Seoul, to which Suwon is suffragan.
Ordinaries
- Victor Gong-hee Yoon (1963-1974)
- Angelo Nam-soo Kim (1974-1997)
- Paul Deok-ki Choi (1997-2009)
- Mathias Ri Iong-hoon (2009-present)
Auxiliary Bishops
- Linus Lee Seong-hyo (2011-present)
- John Moon Hee Jong (2015-present)
References
Roman Catholic Diocese of Suwon Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA