Diocese of Jeju 제주
Cheiuen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Jeju 제주, South Korea
The Diocese of Jeju is a Latin rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Gwangju, South Korea, covering Jeju Island. Created as an apostolic prefecture in 1971 and elevated to a diocese on 21 March 1977, it has been led by Bishop Pius Moon Chang-woo since 2020.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 9 June 2021
- Latin
- Cheiuen(sis)
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001001117
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 81,411
- Population
- 678,772
- Catholic share
- 12.0%
- Priests
- 77
- Catholics per priest
- 1,057
- Extent
- 1,848 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 44
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
- Pius Moon Chang-woo
- Born
- 15 March 1963
- Birthplace
- Jeju
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
Jungang Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Mary stands in Jeju 제주, 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 Gwangju
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Gwangju.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of GwangjuGwangju
- Diocese of JeonjuJeonju
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Diocese of Jeju (제주, Latin: Dioecesis Cheiuensis) is a Latin rite see within the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gwangju in South Korea, though as mission territory it depends on the Dicastery for Evangelization. Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Jeju City serves as its mother church and episcopal seat.
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].