Roman Catholic Diocese of Chuncheon explained

Jurisdiction:Diocese
Chuncheon
Latin:Dioecesis Chuncheonensis
Local:춘천교구
Country:
partly in
Territory:Northern part of Gangwon
Province:Seoul
Metropolitan:Seoul
Area Km2:12,016
Population:1,139,033
Population As Of:2017
Catholics:89,446
Catholics Percent:7.9
Parishes:61
Denomination:Catholic
Sui Iuris Church:Latin Church
Rite:Roman Rite
Established:25 April 1939 (years ago)
Cathedral:Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Chuncheon
Bishop:Simon Kim Ju-young
Bishop Title:Bishop
Metro Archbishop:Andrew Yeom Soo-jung
Emeritus Bishops:Lucas Kim Woon-hoe
Map:Diocese of Chuncheon.svg

The Diocese of Chunchon (also romanized Chuncheon and Ch’unch’on, Latin: Dioecesis Chuncheonensis) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in South Korea. A suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Seoul, it has ecclesiastic authority over the administrative province of Gangwon-do. Its cathedral episcopal see mother church is Jungnim-dong Cathedral in Chuncheon.

History

The jurisdiction was erected on April 25, 1939 as a missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Seoul under the name Apostolic Prefecture of Shunsen, the city's name during the period of Japanese rule of Korea. It was renamed the Apostolic Prefecture of Chunchon on July 16, 1950 and made an Apostolic vicariate on September 20, 1955. It was elevated to diocesan status on March 10, 1962.[1] [2]

On 22 March 1965, it lost territory to establish the Diocese of Wonju 원주

Ordinaries

Apostolic Prefects of Chunchon

Apostolic Vicars of Chunchon

Bishops of Chunchon

External links

37.8667°N 127.733°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Diocese of Ch'unch'on. Catholic-Hierarchy.org. 2008-05-17.
  2. Web site: Diocese of Chuncheon. Giga Catholic. 2014-02-12.
  3. News: Kim Jin-hyeong . 2020-11-23. 두 주교가 아낀 춘천의 젊은 사제, 80년 교구 염원 이뤘다. korean . The Kangwon Domin Ilbo . 2020-11-27.
  4. News: Do Jae-gi . 2020-11-22. 신임 춘천교구장에 김주영 신부. korean . . 2020-11-27.