Archdiocese of Seoul
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The Archdiocese of Seoul (Korean: 서울대교구) is a particular church of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church comprising Seoul, South Korea. It is led by the prelature of the Archbishop of Seoul, the Metropolitan bishop, whose seat is at Myeongdong Cathedral in Myeongdong, Jung-gu, Seoul.
As the episcopal see is the oldest one in South Korea and that of its capital city, he is often considered to be the primate of South Korea, though the title has not been granted by the Vatican.
The see was erected on September 9, 1831 by Pope Gregory XVI, who created the Vicariate Apostolic of Corea from the Diocese of Peking. It was renamed the Apostolic Vicariate of Seoul on April 8, 1911 when the see of Daegu became independent, and renamed the Apostolic Vicariate of Seul in 1950. It was promoted to archdiocesan status on March 10, 1962.[1]
The Archbishop of Seoul is also the Apostolic Administrator in the Diocese of Pyongyang.
The following is the list of the bishops and the archbishops of Seoul.
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[edit] Bishops of Korea
- Barthelemy Bruguiere (1831-1836)
- St. Laurent M. Imbert (1836-1843)
- Jean J. Ferreol (1843-1854)
- St. Simeon Berneux (1854-1866)
- Antoine Dabeluy (1866-1869)
- Felix Ridel (1869-1884)
- Jean M. Blanc (1884-1890)
- August Mutel (1890-1911)
[edit] Bishops of Seoul
- August Mutel (1911-1933)
- Adrien Larribeau (1933-1940)
- Paul Ki-nam Noh (1940-1962)
[edit] Archbishops of Seoul
- Paul Ki-nam Noh (1962-1967)
- Victor Gong-hee Yoon (1967-1968)-Apostolic Administrator
- Stephen Cardinal Kim Sou-hwan (1968-1998)
- Nicolas Cardinal Cheong Jin-suk (1998-Present)
[edit] References
- ^ Archdiocese of Seoul. Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
