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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gwangju

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History
Ordinaries
Auxiliary Bishops
References
External links

{{Infobox diocese
|jurisdiction = Archdiocese
|name = Gwangju
|local = 광주 대교구
|latin = Archidioecesis Kvangiuensis
|province = Gwangju
|rite = Latin Rite
|country = {{flag|Republic of Korea}}
|cathedral = Im-dong Cathedral, Gwangju
|cocathedral =
|area_km2 = 12,596
|population = 3,373,315
|population_as_of = 2010
|catholics = 329,951
|catholics_percent= 9.8
|pope = {{Incumbent pope}}
|metro_archbishop = Hyginus Kim Hee Jong (김희중 히지노)
|auxiliary_bishops= Simon Ok Hyun-jin (옥현진 시몬)
|emeritus_bishops = Andrew Choi Chang-mu Archbishop Emeritus (2000-2010)
Victorinus Youn Kong-hi Archbishop Emeritus (1973-2000)
|vicar_general =
|suffragans = Diocese of Cheju
Diocese of Jeonju
|map = Archdiocese of Gwangju.svg
|website = Website of the Archdiocese
}}

The Catholic Archdiocese of Gwangju ({{lang-la|Archidioecesis Kvangiuensis}}) is a particular church of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church, one of the three Metropolitan sees of the Catholic Church in Korea. The Archdiocese covers the city of Gwangju and entire Chollanamdo province.

History

On 13 April 1937 Pope Pius XI established the Prefecture Apostolic of Kwoszu. Pope Pius XII changed its name to the Prefecture Apostolic of Kwangju on 12 July 1950. It was elevated to a Vicariate Apostolic on 21 January 1957. Pope John XXIII elevated the vicariate to an archdiocese on 10 March 1962.^[1]^[2]

Ordinaries

The following is a list of the vicars and then the archbishops of Gwangju:

Monsignor Owen McPolin (1937–1942)
Monsignor A. Wakata (1942–1945)
Monsignor Owen McPolin (1945–1947)
Monsignor Patrick Thomas Brennan (1947–1950)
Archbishop Harold William Henry (1962–1971)
Archbishop Peter Gong-ryul Han (1971–1973)
Archbishop Victorinus Youn Kong-hi (1973–2000)
Archbishop Andrew Choi Chang-mu (2000–2010)
Archbishop Hyginus Kim Hee-Jong (2010-); had served as Auxiliary Bishop, then as Coadjutor Archbishop from 2009-2010. He is assisted by Auxiliary Bishop Simon Ok Hyun-jin, who was appointed in May 2011 and who had been serving as a priest of the archdiocese since his 1994 ordination, and who served as a professor of the Catholic University of Gwangju.

Auxiliary Bishops

Bishop Simon Ok Hyun-jin (2011-present)^[3]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dkwan.html|title=Archdiocese of Kwangju|publisher=Catholic-Hierarchy|accessdate=2014-02-13}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/inch0.htm|title=Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gwangju 광주|publisher=Giga Catholic|accessdate=2014-02-13}}
3. ^Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Simon Ok Hyun-jjn" retrieved November 7, 2015

External links

Archdiocese of Gwangju

{{Roman Catholic dioceses in Korea|state=expanded}}{{coord|35.1500|N|126.9000|E|source:wikidata-and-enwiki-cat-tree_region:KR|display=title}}

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