Roman Catholic Diocese of Wonju

Diocese of Wonju Dioecesis Voniuensis 원주 교구
Location
Country	South Korea
Ecclesiastical province	Seoul
Metropolitan	Seoul
Statistics
Area	8,036 km² (3,103 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2014) 830,280 73,538 (8.9%)
Parishes	47
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	22 March 1965 (51 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace in Wonju
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Basil Cho Kyu-man
Metropolitan Archbishop	Andrew Yeom Soo-jung
Map

Website
Website of the Diocese

The Catholic Diocese of Wonju (Latin: Dioecesis Voniuensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church in located in Wonju, South Korea. It is a suffragan to the Archdiocese of Seoul.

History

On 22 March 1965 Pope Paul VI established the Diocese of Wonju. The diocese lost territory four years later when the Diocese of Andong was established on 29 May 1969.^[1]^[2]

Ordinaries

Daniel Tji Hak Soun (1965-1993)
James Ji-seok Kim (1993-2016)
Basil Cho Kyu-man (2016 - Present)

Notes

↑ "Diocese of Wonju". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-02-13.
↑ "Diocese of Wonju 원주". Giga Catholic. Retrieved 2014-02-13.

Roman Catholic dioceses in Korea

Province of Gwangju	Archdiocese of Gwangju Diocese of Cheju Diocese of Jeonju

Province of Seoul	Archdiocese of Seoul Diocese of Chunchon Diocese of Daejeon Diocese of Hamhŭng Diocese of Incheon Diocese of P’yŏngyang Diocese of Suwon Diocese of Uijeongbu Diocese of Wonju

Province of Daegu	Archdiocese of Daegu Diocese of Andong Diocese of Cheongju Diocese of Masan Diocese of Busan

Others	Military Ordinariate of Korea (South Korea) Territorial Abbey of Tŏkwon

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Coordinates: 37°20′00″N 127°55′01″E / 37.3333°N 127.9170°E / 37.3333; 127.9170

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