Diocese of Busan

Busanen(sis)

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Busan, South Korea

Latin-rite diocese covering Busan and Ulsan metropolitan cities and part of Gyeongsangnam-do in South Korea, elevated to diocese in 1962 and suffragan of the Archdiocese of Daegu. Its seat is Namcheon Cathedral of St. Paul Chong Hasang in Busan, with the Jung-ang Co-Cathedral of the Holy Cross also in the city.

The see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 10 March 1962
Latin: Busanen(sis)
Patron: Nuestra Señora del Rosario
Annuario code: 001000987

The see in figures

Catholics: 454,890
Population: 5,613,436
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 8.1%
Priests: 345
Catholics per priest: 1,319
Extent: 3,267 km²
Catholics per km²: 139

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: Joseph Son Sam-seok
Born: 3 November 1955
Birthplace: Busan

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

Namcheon Cathedral of St. Paul Chong Hasang, Busan stands in Busan, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Jung-ang Co-Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Busan.

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 · Wikipedia

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