Military Ordinariate of Corea
Military ordinariate · Latin Church · Corea, South Korea
Military ordinariate of the Catholic Church serving members of the armed forces of South Korea and their families, established in 1989. Bishop Titus Seo Sang-bum has led the ordinariate since February 2, 2021, succeeding Francis Xavier Yu Soo-il, O.F.M.
The see
- Rank
- Military ordinariate
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 October 1989
- Patron
- Ignatius of Loyola
- Annuario code
- 001000350
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 87,093
- Priests
- 107
- Catholics per priest
- 814
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
- Titus Seo Sang-bum
- Born
- 6 February 1961
- Birthplace
- Mia
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
Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral, Yongsan-gu, Seoul stands in Corea, 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
Catholics serving in the Republic of Korea (South Korea) Armed Forces, together with their families, receive pastoral care through the Military Ordinariate of Korea, a military ordinariate of the Catholic Church immediately subject to the Holy See.
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 · GCatholic
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].