Roman Catholic Diocese of Busan

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Diocese of Busan Dioecesis Busanensis 부산교구


Location
Country	South Korea
Territory	Busan and Ulsan
Ecclesiastical province	Daegu
Metropolitan	Daegu
Statistics
Area	3,267 km² (1,261 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2017) 5,613,436 454,890 (8.1%)
Parishes	124
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	January 21, 1957 (As Apostolic Vicariate) March 10, 1962 (As Diocese)
Cathedral	Namcheon Cathedral of St. Paul Chong Hasang
Co-cathedral	Jungang Co-Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Joseph Son Sam-seok
Metropolitan Archbishop	Thaddeus Cho Hwan-kil
Auxiliary Bishops	Pius Sin Hozol
Bishops emeritus	Paul Hwang Chul-soo
Map

Website
catholicbusan.or.kr

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Busan (Latin: Dioecesis Busanensis) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church located in Busan, South Korea.

History

On 21 January 1957 Pope Pius XII erected as an Apostolic Vicariate of Busan. It was elevated to a diocese by Pope John XXIII on 10 March 1962.^[1]^[2]

John A. Choi Jae-seon (1962–1973)
Gabriel Lee Gab-sou (1975–1999)
Augustine Cheong Myong-jo (1999–2007)
Paul Hwang Chul-soo (2007–2018)
Joseph Son Sam-seok (2019–present)

^ Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Busan". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
^ Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Busan 부산 (South Korea)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
^ Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Joseph Son Sam-seok" retrieved November 7, 2015
^ Ha Gyeong-min (2021-05-23). "천주교 부산교구 보좌주교에 신호철 신부 임명" (in Korean). Newsis. Retrieved 2021-06-14.

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