Diocese of Andong
Diocese of Andong | |
Basic data | |
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Country | South Korea |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Daegu |
Diocesan bishop | John Chrisostom Kwon Hyok-ju |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | René Marie Albert Dupont MEP |
founding | 1969 |
surface | 10,788 km² |
Parishes | 35 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Residents | 785,472 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Catholics | 45,283 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
proportion of | 5.8% |
Diocesan priest | 57 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Religious priest | 6 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Catholics per priest | 719 |
Friars | 7 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
Religious sisters | 169 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Korean |
cathedral | Mokseong-dong Cathedral |
Website | www.acatholic.or.kr |
The Diocese of Andong ( lat. : Dioecesis Andongensis , kor. : 천주교 안동 교구 ) is in South Korea location Roman Catholic diocese based in Andong .
history
The diocese of Andong was on May 29, 1969 by Pope Paul VI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Quae in Actibus from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Daegu and the Diocese of Wonju and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Daegu as a suffragan .
Bishops of Andong
- René Marie Albert Dupont MEP , 1969–1990
- Ignatius Pak Sok-hi , 1990-2000
- John Chrisostom Kwon Hyok-ju , since 2001
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Quae in Actibus , AAS 61 (1969), n.13, pp. 771f.