Roman Catholic Diocese of Jeonju

Diocese of Jeonju
Dioecesis Ieoniuensis
전주 교구
Location
Country  South Korea
Ecclesiastical province Gwangju
Metropolitan Gwangju
Statistics
Area 8,050 km2 (3,110 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2006)
1,885,335
171,151 (9.1%)
Parishes 83
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established 13 April 1937 (81 years ago)
Cathedral Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Jeonju
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Bishop Dr. John Kim Son-Tae (May 13, 2017-present)
Metropolitan Archbishop Hyginus Kim Hee Jong
Emeritus Bishops Bishop Emeritus Vincent Ri Pyung-ho
Map
Website
www.jcatholic.or.kr

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.

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.[1]

History

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.[1]

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Roman Rite) [1]

Apostolic Prefects of Zenshu
  • Father Stephen Yang-hong Kim (13 April 1937 - resigned 1941)
  • Father(later Msgr.) Paul Jae-yong Ju (1941 - resigned 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)
Diocesan Bishops 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)
  • John Kim Son-Tae (2017.05.13. - )[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Diocese of Jeonju". Giga Catholic. Retrieved 2014-02-13.
  2. ↑ http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2017/03/14/0152/00356.html

Coordinates: 35°49′00″N 127°07′59″E / 35.8167°N 127.1330°E / 35.8167; 127.1330

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