Dioceses
DIOCESE OF BUSAN
(2010.12.31.)
|
Classification |
Organizations |
Persons | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics |
|
419,431 | |
| Parishes |
112 |
| |
| Secondary Stations |
17 |
| |
| Archbishops |
|
- | |
| Bishops |
|
2 | |
| Korean Priests | Diocesan |
|
330 |
| Missionary |
|
- | |
| Religious |
|
17 | |
| Other Diocesan |
|
- | |
| Foreign Priests | Diocesan |
|
- |
| Missionary |
|
1 | |
| Religious |
|
5 | |
| Other Diocesan |
|
- | |
| Religious Inst. / Members |
Men |
10 |
41 |
| Women |
33 |
815 | |
| Seminaries / Seminarians |
1 |
95 | |
| Primary Schools |
- |
- | |
| Middle Schools |
1 |
244 | |
| High Schools |
5 |
4,439 | |
| Catechetical Institutes |
1 |
87 | |
| Universities |
1 |
3,772 | |
| Kindergartens |
17 |
3,178 | |
| Sunday Schools |
|
12,468 | |
| Medical Institutes | General Hospitals |
2 |
|
| Clinics |
2 |
| |
| Welfare Institutions | Community Welfare Institutions |
9 |
|
| Others |
62 |
| |
| Cultural Institutions |
27 |
| |
GENERAL INFORMATION
Vicariate Apostolic: January 21, 1957
Diocese: March 10, 1962
Bishop: Most Rev. Paul Hwang, D.D.
Succeeded: November 21, 2007
Consecrated: February 24, 2006
Former Ordinaries: Most Rev. John Choi, D.D.(1957)
Most Rev. Gabriel Lee, Ph.D., D.D.(1975)
Most Rev. Augustine Cheong, D.D.(1999)
Area: Busan, Ulsanand Gimhae-si(exception: Jinyeong-eup, Jillye-myeon, Hallim-myeon), Miryang-si
(exception: Hanam-eup, Chodong-myeon), Yangsan-si (3,267.63㎢)
Missionary and Religious Societies
Men: Order of Friars Minor Conventual ; Congregation of St. John; Missionaries of Charity Brothers; Society of St. Paul; Order of St. Benedict Waegwan Abbey; Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus; Brothers of Peace Pentecost; Little Brothers of Contemplative Missionary Fraternity; Order of Friars Minor
Women: Order of Discalced Carmelite Nuns; Congregation of the Sacred Word; Sisters of Christian Doctrine; Adorers of the Blood of Christ; Caritas Sisters of Miyazaki in Korea; The Sisters of Notre Dame; The Sisters of Mary; Franciscan Missionaries of Mary; Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Mirinae; Suore di Carit?di Nostra Signora del Buono e Perpetuo Soccorso; Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill; Daughters of Mary Help of Christians; The Trinitarian Sisters of France; Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres; Little Servants of the Holy Family of Seoul; Daughters of St. Paul; Sisters Disciples of the Divine Master; Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Assisi; Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help; Fraternit?Jesus-Cartas; Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus; Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus; Congregatio Jesu; The Fraternity of the Little Sisters of Jesus; Sisters of Joseph Pentecost; Sisters of Peace Pentecost; Olivetan Benedictine Sisters of Busan; Blessed Sacrament Sisters of Charity; Little Sisters of Contemplative Missionary Fraternity; Carmelite Missionaries; Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary; Missionary Benedictine Sisters of Tutzing, Daegu Priory; Sister of Palma of Blessed Korean Martyrs; Sisters of the Blessed Korean Martyrs; Korean Foreign Mission Sisters
DIOCESAN OFFICE
Suyeong-gu Namcheon 1-dong 70-4, Busan 613-816
☎ <051>629-8710~1,8750~2,8715~7,8720~4,8730~6,8740~7,8760~2,8754, 8788
FAX: 629-8756,8729,8739,8748~9,8764, 625-1765,1137, 516-0816, 510-0719
http://www.catholicbusan.or.kr
