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Suffragan diocese Jeonju, South Korea

Diocese of Jeonju

Ieoniuen(sis)

Latin Church

Latin-rite diocese in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, South Korea, elevated to diocese in 1962 and part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Gwangju. Its seat is the Joongang Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Jeonju; the historic Jeondong Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus served as its former cathedral.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Joongang Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Jeonju, in Jeonju, South Korea.

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Established
1962
Catholics
201,690
Priests
203
Territory
8,067 km²

Parishes and churches

96 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
John Kim Son-tae

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The cathedral

Joongang Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Jeonju stands in Jeonju, 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

Within the province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Gwangju lies the Diocese of Jeonju (Latin: Dioecesis Ieoniuensis), a Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church in South Korea that depends on the missionary Dicastery for Evangelization. Its cathedra stands in the Joongang Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the episcopal city of Jeonju 전주시, Jeollabuk-do 전라북도. Jeonju also holds a former cathedral, now the Jeondong Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus; both churches carry the dedication to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.