DIOCESE OF ANDONG     

(2010.12.31.)

 

Classification

Organizations

Persons

Catholics
 
47,456
Parishes
38
 
Secondary Stations
67
 
Archbishops
 
-
Bishops
 
2
Korean Priests Diocesan
 
76
Missionary
 
-
Religious
 
-
Other Diocesan
 
-
Foreign Priests Diocesan
 
-
Missionary
 
2
Religious
 
5
Other Diocesan
 
-
Religious Inst.
/ Members
Men
4
16
Women
22
173
Seminaries / Seminarians
-
19
Primary Schools
-
-
Middle Schools
1
97
High Schools
1
470
Catechetical Institutes
-
-
Colleges
1
1,881
Kindergartens
18
1,369
Sunday Schools
 
2,000
Medical Institutes General Hospitals
-
 
Clinics
1
 
Welfare Institutions Community Welfare Institutions
3
 
Others
32
 
Cultural Institutions
10
 

 

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION 

 

 

           Diocese:               May 29, 1969

           Bishop:                 Most Rev. John Chrysostom Kwon, D.D.

           Appointed:             October 16, 2001

           Consecrated:         December 4, 2001

 

           Former Ordinaries:  Most Rev. Rene' Dupont, M.E.P., D.D.(1969)

                                       Most Rev. Ignatius Pak, Ph. D., D.D.(1990)

 

           Area:Mungyeong-si, Sangju-si, Andong-si, Yeongju-si, Bonghwa-gun, Yeongdeok-gun, Yeongyang-gun, Yecheon-gun, Uljin-gun, Uiseong-gun, Cheongsong-gun in Gyeongbuk(10,788㎢)

 

           Religious Institutes

 

  Man:Carthusian Order

 

  Women:Order of Discalced Carmelite Nuns; Sisters of Christian Doctrine; Franciscan Missionaries of Mary; Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres; Little Servants of the Holy Family of Seoul; Sisters of Jesus the Good Shepherd; Sisters of the Annunciation; Daughters of St. Paul; Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul; Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul of Suwon; Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Assisi; Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus; Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus; Sisters of Peace Pentecost; Olivetan Benedictine Sisters of Busan; Missionary Benedictine Sisters of Tutzing, Daegu Priory; Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Service; Sisters of the Blessed Korean Martyrs

 

 

 

DIOCESAN OFFICE

 

Andong-si Anmak-dong 136, Gyeongbuk 760-340

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