Diocese of Andong

Andongen(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Andong, South Korea

Latin-rite diocese in Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea, erected in 1969 and suffragan of the Archdiocese of Daegu. It serves the northern part of North Gyeongsang Province. The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea lists it among the 16 Korean jurisdictions.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 29 May 1969
Latin: Andongen(sis)
Annuario code: 001000688

The see in figures

Catholics: 52,269
Population: 687,892
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 7.6%
Priests: 80
Catholics per priest: 653
Extent: 10,788 km²
Catholics per km²: 4.8

Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The bishop

Bishop: John Chrysostom Kwon Hyok-ju

A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.

The cathedral

Mokseong-dong Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Andong stands in Andong, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Daegu

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Daegu.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

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Sources

The see's own website

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.