Suffragan diocese Uijeongbu, South Korea
Diocese of Uijeongbu
Uijeongbuen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese in northern Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, the newest Korean diocese, erected from the Archdiocese of Seoul on June 24, 2004 by Pope John Paul II and suffragan of the same. Its mother church is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Mary in Uijeongbu. Bishop Benedictus Son Hee-song was appointed on March 13, 2024.
On the map
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- Established
- 2004
- Catholics
- 315,620
- Priests
- 221
- Territory
- 2,594 km²
Parishes and churches
88 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- 주교좌 의정부성당Town not recorded · CathedralView parish
- 가좌동성당Town not recordedView parish
- 갈곡리성당Town not recordedView parish
- 갈매동성당Town not recordedView parish
- 고산동성당Town not recordedView parish
- 고양동성당Town not recordedView parish
- 고읍동성당Town not recordedView parish
- 관산동성당Town not recordedView parish
- 광릉성당Town not recordedView parish
- 광적성당Town not recordedView parish
- 광탄성당Town not recordedView parish
- 교하성당Town not recordedView parish
- 구리성당Town not recordedView parish
- 금곡성당Town not recordedView parish
- 금촌2동성당Town not recordedView parish
- 금촌성당Town not recordedView parish
- 녹양동성당Town not recordedView parish
- 능곡성당Town not recordedView parish
- 다산성당Town not recordedView parish
- 다율동성당Town not recordedView parish
- 대화동성당Town not recordedView parish
- 대화마을성당Town not recordedView parish
- 덕계동성당Town not recordedView parish
- 덕소성당Town not recordedView parish
- 덕정성당Town not recordedView parish
- 도래울성당Town not recordedView parish
- 동두천성당Town not recordedView parish
- 마두동성당Town not recordedView parish
- 마석성당Town not recordedView parish
- 마재성지Town not recordedView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Benedictus Son Hee-song
- Born
- 28 January 1957
- Birthplace
- Kyenki Yeonchenun Chadari
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The cathedral
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Mary, Uijeongbu stands in Uijeongbu, 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
South Korea's newest diocese, Uijeongbu (Latin: Dioecesis Uijongbunensis, also romanized Uijongbu), was erected from the Archdiocese of Seoul on June 24, 2004 by order of Pope John Paul II and remains suffragan to that see. A particular church of the Latin Church, it has as its mother church the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Mary in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi-do.