Diocese of Chuncheon
| Diocese of Chuncheon | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | South Korea |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Seoul |
| Diocesan bishop | Lucas Kim Un-hoe |
| founding | 1962 |
| surface | 12,016 km² |
| Parishes | 60 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,114,212 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 86,631 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 7.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 99 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 35 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 647 |
| Friars | 52 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 254 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Korean |
| cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral |
| Website | http://www.cccatholic.or.kr/ |
The diocese Chuncheon ( lat. : Dioecesis Chuncheonensis , kor. : 천주교 춘천 교구 ) is in South Korea location Roman Catholic diocese based in Chuncheon .
history
The diocese of Chuncheon was founded on April 25, 1939 by Pope Pius XII. Established with the Apostolic Constitution Ad fidei propagationem from cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate of Seoul as the Apostolic Prefecture of Shunsen . The Apostolic Prefecture Shunsen was on July 16, 1950 Apostolic Prefecture Chunchon renamed. On September 20, 1955, the Chunchon Apostolic Prefecture was founded by Pope Pius XII. raised to the apostolic vicariate .
On March 10, 1962, the Apostolic Vicariate Chunchon was by Pope John XXIII. raised to a diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Fertile Evangelii and renamed the Diocese of Chuncheon . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Seoul as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Shunsen
- Thomas F. Quinlan SSCME , 1940-1943 and 1948-1955
Vicars Apostolic of Chunchon
- Thomas Quinlan SSCME, 1955-1952
Bishops of Chuncheon
- Thomas Quinlan SSCME, 1962-1965
- Thomas Stewart SSCME, 1966-1994
- John Chang-yik , 1994-2010
- Lucas Kim Un-hoe , since 2010
