Diocese of Daejeon
Daeieonen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Daejeon, South Korea
Latin-rite diocese in Daejeon, South Korea, elevated to diocese in 1962 and suffragan of the Archdiocese of Seoul. Its seat is the Daeheung-dong Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker in Daejeon, with diocesan facilities developing in nearby Sejong City. Bishop Augustinus Kim Jong-soo leads the diocese, assisted by auxiliary bishop Stephanus Han Jung-hyun.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 March 1962
- Latin
- Daeieonen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Lourdes
- Annuario code
- 001001259
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 335,152
- Population
- 3,866,219
- Catholic share
- 8.7%
- Priests
- 392
- Catholics per priest
- 855
- Extent
- 9,190 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 36
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
- Augustinus Kim Jong-soo
- Born
- 8 February 1956
- Birthplace
- Taehung-dong
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
Daeheung-dong Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker, Daejeon stands in Daejeon, 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.
The province of Seoul
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Seoul.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of SeoulSeoul
- Diocese of ChuncheonChuncheon
- Diocese of HamhƒngHamhƒng
- Diocese of IncheonIncheon
- Diocese of P'yŏng-yangP'yŏng-yang
- Diocese of SuwonSuwon
- Diocese of UijeongbuUijeongbu
- Diocese of WonjuWonju
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Daejeon, South Korea has its own Latin Catholic see, the Diocese of Daejeon (Latin: Dioecesis Taeieonensis, Hangul: 천주교 대전교구). Augustinus Kim Jong-soo has been appointed its bishop, with Stephanus Han Jung-hyun serving as auxiliary bishop.
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].