Diocese of Busan
Busanen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Busan, South Korea
Latin-rite diocese covering Busan and Ulsan metropolitan cities and part of Gyeongsangnam-do in South Korea, elevated to diocese in 1962 and suffragan of the Archdiocese of Daegu. Its seat is Namcheon Cathedral of St. Paul Chong Hasang in Busan, with the Jung-ang Co-Cathedral of the Holy Cross also in the city.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 March 1962
- Latin
- Busanen(sis)
- Patron
- Nuestra Señora del Rosario
- Annuario code
- 001000987
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 454,890
- Population
- 5,613,436
- Catholic share
- 8.1%
- Priests
- 345
- Catholics per priest
- 1,319
- Extent
- 3,267 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 139
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Joseph Son Sam-seok
- Born
- 3 November 1955
- Birthplace
- Busan
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Namcheon Cathedral of St. Paul Chong Hasang, Busan stands in Busan, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Jung-ang Co-Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Busan.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Daegu
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Daegu.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of DaeguDaegu
- Diocese of AndongAndong
- Diocese of CheongjuCheongju
- Diocese of MasanMasan
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].