Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seoul

Archdiocese of Seoul Archidioecesis Seulensis 서울 대교구
Myeong-dong Cathedral of the Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception
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%)
Information
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
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.