Diocese of Jeonju
| Diocese of Jeonju | |
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| Country | South Korea |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Gwangju |
| Diocesan bishop | John Kim Son-Tae |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Vincent Ri Pyung-ho |
| founding | 1937 |
| surface | 8,066 km² |
| Parishes | 92 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Residents | 1,873,341 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics | 188,449 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| proportion of | 10.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 202 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious priest | 3 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 919 |
| Friars | 3 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious sisters | 347 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Korean |
| cathedral | Jeondong Cathedral |
| Website | http://www.jcatholic.or.kr/main/main.asp |
The Diocese of Jeonju ( lat. : Dioecesis Ieoniuensis , kor. : 천주교 전주 교구 ) is in South Korea location Roman Catholic diocese based in Jeonju .
history
The Diocese of Jeonju was on April 13, 1937 by Pope Pius XI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Quidquid ad Christi from cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Taiku as Apostolic Prefecture Zenshu . The Apostolic Prefecture Zenshu was on July 12, 1950 Apostolic Prefecture Chonju renamed. On January 21, 1957, the Apostolic Prefecture Chonju was by Pope Pius XII. With the Apostolic Constitution In apostolica praefectura raised to the Apostolic Vicariate .
On March 10, 1962, the Apostolic Vicariate Chonju by Pope John XXIII. raised to a diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Fertile Evangelii and renamed the Diocese of Jeonju . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Gwangju as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Zenshu
- Stefano Kim , 1937-1941
- Paolo Chou , 1941-1947
- Bartholomew Kim Kyon Pae , 1947-1950
Apostolic Prefect of Chonju
- Bartholomew Kim Kyon Pae, 1950–1957
Vicars Apostolic of Chonju
- Bartholomew Kim Kyon Pae, 1957-1960
- Peter Han Kong-ryel , 1961-1962
Bishops of Jeonju
- Peter Han Kong-ryel, 1962–1971, then Archbishop of Gwangju
- Augustine Kim Jae Deok , 1973–1981
- Michael Pak Jeong-il , 1982–1988, then Bishop of Masan
- Vincent Ri Pyung-ho , 1990-2017
- John Kim Son-Tae , since 2017
