Diocese of Masan
Masanen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Masan, South Korea
Latin-rite diocese in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea, established by Pope Paul VI on February 15, 1966 with territory taken from the Diocese of Busan, and suffragan of the Archdiocese of Daegu. Its seat is the Yangdok-dong Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Changwon. Bishop Linus Lee Seong-hyo has led the diocese since December 21, 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 February 1966
- Latin
- Masanen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002175
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 182,194
- Population
- 2,466,654
- Catholic share
- 7.4%
- Extent
- 9,054 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 20
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
- Linus Lee Seong-hyo
- Born
- 6 July 1957
- Birthplace
- Jinju-shi
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
Yangdok-dong Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Changwon stands in Masan, 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 Daegu
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Daegu.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of DaeguDaegu
- Diocese of AndongAndong
- Diocese of BusanBusan
- Diocese of CheongjuCheongju
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church in South Korea, the Diocese of Masan (Latin: Dioecesis Masanensis) sits as a suffragan see within the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Daegu. Constantine Bae Ki Hyen, appointed in 2016, is the current 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].