Suffragan diocese P'yŏng-yang, North Korea
Diocese of P'yŏng-yang
Pyeongyangen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese covering Pyongyang and surrounding North Korea, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Seoul, elevated to diocese in 1962. The see has been vacant since 1949, when Bishop Francis Hong Yong-ho was imprisoned by the North Korean government and disappeared. The Archbishop of Seoul, Peter Chung Soon-taick, has served as apostolic administrator since 2021; organized Catholic life in the territory has been suppressed since the Korean War.
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- Established
- 1962
- Priests
- 20
- Territory
- 42,939 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
No bishop is recorded for this diocese. See the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral de Changchung stands in P'yŏng-yang, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
The Roman Catholic Church maintains the Diocese of Pyongyang in North Korea. Francis Hong Yong-ho, its only official bishop, was imprisoned in 1949 by the North Korean government led by Kim Il-sung and later disappeared. The Archbishop of Seoul serves as Apostolic Administrator for Pyongyang.