Diocese of Uijeongbu
Uijeongbuen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Uijeongbu, South Korea
Latin-rite diocese in northern Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, the newest Korean diocese, erected from the Archdiocese of Seoul on June 24, 2004 by Pope John Paul II and suffragan of the same. Its mother church is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Mary in Uijeongbu. Bishop Benedictus Son Hee-song was appointed on March 13, 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 June 2004
- Latin
- Uijeongbuen(sis)
- Patron
- san Andrés Kim Taegon
- Annuario code
- 001000040
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 315,620
- Population
- 3,141,806
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 10.0%
- Priests
- 221
- Catholics per priest
- 1,428
- Extent
- 2,594 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 122
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
- Benedictus Son Hee-song
- Born
- 28 January 1957
- Birthplace
- Kyenki Yeonchenun Chadari
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
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Mary, Uijeongbu stands in Uijeongbu, 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 Seoul
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Seoul.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of SeoulSeoul
- Diocese of ChuncheonChuncheon
- Diocese of DaejeonDaejeon
- Diocese of HamhƒngHamhƒng
- Diocese of IncheonIncheon
- Diocese of P'yŏng-yangP'yŏng-yang
- Diocese of SuwonSuwon
- Diocese of WonjuWonju
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
South Korea's newest diocese, Uijeongbu (Latin: Dioecesis Uijongbunensis, also romanized Uijongbu), was erected from the Archdiocese of Seoul on June 24, 2004 by order of Pope John Paul II and remains suffragan to that see. A particular church of the Latin Church, it has as its mother church the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Mary in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi-do.
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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.