Archdiocese of Seoul
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seoul ( lat. : Archidioecesis Seulensis , kor. : 서울대 교구 ) is in South Korea location Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church , based in Seoul .
Myeongdong Cathedral in Seoul
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history
The Archdiocese of Seoul was founded on September 9, 1831 by Pope Gregory XVI. established as the Apostolic Vicariate of Korea . This was renamed on April 8, 1911 in Apostolic Vicariate Seoul and gave area for the Apostolic Vicariate Taiku . On August 5, 1920 parts for the Apostolic Vicariate Wonsan , on March 17, 1927 for the Apostolic Prefecture Hpyeng-Yang and on April 25, 1939 to the Apostolic Prefecture Shunsen from. On July 12, 1950, the name was changed to Apostolic Vicariate Seul . On June 23, 1958, it gave part of its area to the Vicariate Apostolic Cheongju and Daijeion and on June 6, 1961 to the Vicariate Apostolic Incheon . On March 10, 1962 it was approved by Pope John XXIII. raised to the archbishopric and renamed the Archdiocese of Seoul . On October 7, 1963, part of the area was given to the Diocese of Suwon . On June 24, 2004, this gave up parts of its territory to establish the Uijongbu diocese .
The shrine of the Korean martyrs in Seoul commemorates the waves of persecution of Christians in the 19th century .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of Korea
- Barthélemy Bruguière MEP , 1831-1835
- Saint Laurent Imbert MEP, 1836-1839
- Jean Ferréol MEP, 1843-1853
- Saint Siméon Berneux MEP, 1854–1866
- Saint Antoine Daveluy MEP, 1866
- Félix Ridel MEP, 1869-1884
- Marie-Jean-Gustave Blanc MEP, 1884-1890
- Gustave Mutel MEP, 1890-1911
Vicars Apostolic of Seoul
- Gustave Mutel MEP, 1911-1933
- Adrien Larribeau MEP, 1933-1942
- Paul Marie Kinam Ro , 1942–1962
Archbishops of Seoul
- Paul Marie Kinam Ro, 1962-1967
- Stephen Cardinal Kim Sou-hwan , 1968–1998
- Nicholas Cardinal Cheong Jin-suk , 1998–2012
- Andrew Cardinal Yeom Soo-jung , since 2012
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Archdiocese of Seoul , North Korea and South Korea . In: GCatholic . ( gcatholic.org [accessed February 10, 2018]).