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DIOCESE OF JEONJU

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DIOCESE OF JEONJU 

(2010.12.31.)

 

Classification

Organizations

Persons

Catholics
 
184,646
Parishes
89
 
Secondary Stations
83
 
Archbishops
 
-
Bishops
 
1
Korean Priests Diocesan
 
195
Missionary
 
-
Religious
 
1
Other Diocesan
 
-
Foreign Priests Diocesan
 
1
Missionary
 
1
Religious
 
-
Other Diocesan
 
1
Religious Inst.
/ Members
Men
2
2
Women
28
333
Seminaries / Seminarians
-
51
Primary Schools
-
-
Middle Schools
2
1,614
High Schools
2
1,991
Catechetical Institutes
1
337
Universities
-
-
Kindergartens
11
853
Sunday Schools
-
6,214
Medical Institutes General Hospitals
-
 
Clinics
2
 
Welfare Institutions Community Welfare Institutions
2
 
Others
33
 
Cultural Institutions
16
 

 

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION 

 

 

           Prefecture Apostolic:  April 13, 1937

           Vicariate Apostolic:    January 21, 1957

           Diocese:                   March 10, 1962

           Bishop:                     Most Rev. Vincent Ri, S.T.D., D.D.

           Appointed:                 February 8, 1990

           Consecrated:             April 3, 1990

 

           Former Ordinaries:      Rev. Stephen Kim(1937)

                                           Rev. Paul Chu(1942)

                                           Most Rev. Bartholomew Kim, D.D.(1947)

                                           Most Rev. Peter Han, D.D.(1961)

                                           Most Rev. Augustine Kim, D.D.(1973)

                                           Most Rev. Michael J. Pak, D.D.(1982)

 

           Area: All of the Jeonbuk (8,050.94㎢)

 

           Religious Institutes

 

  Man: Society of Jesus

 

  Women: Little Sisters of the Poor; Congregation of the Sacred Word; Caritas Sisters of Miyazaki in Korea; School Sisters of Notre Dame; Daughters of Mary Immaculate; Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Mirinae; Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill; Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres; Little Servants of the Holy Family of Seoul; Capuchin Tertiary Sisters of the Holy Family; Order of St. Clare; Sisters of the Annunciation; Institute of the Catechists of Mary; Daughters of St. Paul; Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Assisi; Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help; Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus; Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus; Congregatio Jesu; Little Flower Sisters of Jesus; Olivetan Benedictine Sisters of Busan; Blessed Sacrament Sisters of Charity; Little Sisters of Contemplative Missionary Fraternity; Carmelite Missionaries; Sisters of the Good Shepherd; Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Service; Sisters of the Blessed Korean Martyrs

 

 

 

DIOCESAN OFFICE 

 

Jeonju-si Wansan-gu Namnosong-dong 78-3, Jeonbuk 560-110

☎ <063>230-1004

http://www.jcatholic.or.kr

e-mail: chonju@catholic.or.kr

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