Archdiocese of Seoul Archidioecesis Seulensis 서울 대교구 |
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Myeong-dong Cathedral of the Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception
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Location | |
Country | South Korea |
Statistics | |
Area | 17,349 km2 (6,698 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2014) 10,143,645 1,472,815 (14.5%) |
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Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Seoul |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Andrew Yeom Sou-jeong |
Suffragans |
Diocese of Chuncheon Diocese of Daejeon Diocese of Hamhung Diocese of Incheon Diocese of Pyongyang Diocese of Suwon Diocese of Uijeongbu Diocese of Wonju |
Auxiliary Bishops |
Basil Cho Kyu-man Timothy Yu Gyoung-chon Peter Chung Soon-taek Benedictus Son Hee-Song |
Emeritus Bishops | Nicolas Cheong Jin-suk Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus (2006-2012) |
Map | |
Website | |
Website of the Archdiocese |
The Archdiocese of Seoul (Latin: Archidioecesis Seulum, Korean: 서울 대교구) is a particular church of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church comprising Seoul, South Korea, whose province comprises parts of South Korea (which has two more provinces) and all North Korea.
Its Metropolitan bishop, the Archbishop of Seoul, has his cathedral episcopal see at Myeongdong Cathedral in Myeongdong, Jung-gu, Seoul. Its other special churches, all in Seoul, are the National Shrine Joeldusan National Shrine of Korean Martyrs, the Shrine of Saenamteo and Shrine: Yakhyeon Church Yakhyeon Church.
The Archbishop of Seoul is also the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Pyongyang in North Korea.
As the episcopal see is the oldest one in Korea and that of its capital city, he is often considered to be the primate of Korea, though the title has not been granted by the Holy See.
The see was erected on September 9, 1831 by Pope Gregory XVI, who created it as a missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction, the Apostolic Vicariate of Corea, on territory split off from the then Diocese of Peking.