Diocese of Jeonju
Ieoniuen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Jeonju, South Korea
Latin-rite diocese in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, South Korea, elevated to diocese in 1962 and part of the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Gwangju. Its seat is the Joongang Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Jeonju; the historic Jeondong Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus served as its former cathedral.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 March 1962
- Latin
- Ieoniuen(sis)
- Patron
- Santos Mártires de Jeonju
- Annuario code
- 001001730
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 201,690
- Population
- 1,854,607
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 10.9%
- Priests
- 203
- Catholics per priest
- 994
- Extent
- 8,067 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 25
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 Kim Son-tae
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
Joongang Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Jeonju stands in Jeonju, 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 Gwangju
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Gwangju.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of GwangjuGwangju
- Diocese of Jeju 제주Jeju 제주
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within the province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Gwangju lies the Diocese of Jeonju (Latin: Dioecesis Ieoniuensis), a Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church in South Korea that depends on the missionary Dicastery for Evangelization. Its cathedra stands in the Joongang Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the episcopal city of Jeonju 전주시, Jeollabuk-do 전라북도. Jeonju also holds a former cathedral, now the Jeondong Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus; both churches carry the dedication to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.