Roman Catholic Diocese of Chuncheon
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The Diocese of Chunchon (also romanized Chuncheon and Ch’unch’on, Latin: Dioecesis Chuncheonensis) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in South Korea. A suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Seoul, it has ecclesiastic authority over the administrative province of Gangwon-do.
Quick Facts Diocese of ChuncheonDioecesis Chuncheonensis 춘천교구, Location ...
Diocese of Chuncheon Dioecesis Chuncheonensis 춘천교구 | |
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Location | |
Country | South Korea partly in North Korea |
Territory | Northern part of Gangwon |
Ecclesiastical province | Seoul |
Metropolitan | Seoul |
Statistics | |
Area | 12,016 km2 (4,639 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2017) 1,139,033 89,446 (7.9%) |
Parishes | 61 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 25 April 1939 (85 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Chuncheon |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Simon Kim Ju-young |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Andrew Yeom Soo-jung |
Bishops emeritus | Lucas Kim Woon-hoe |
Map | |
Website | |
cccatholic.or.kr |
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Its cathedral episcopal see mother church is Jungnim-dong Cathedral in Chuncheon.