Roman Catholic Diocese of Incheon

Diocese of Incheon Dioecesis Inchonensis 인천교구
Cathedral of St. Paul
Location
Country	South Korea
Territory	Incheon, part of Gyeonggi
Ecclesiastical province	Seoul
Metropolitan	Seoul
Statistics
Area	1,099 km2 (424 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2017) 4,391,587 521,690 (11.9%)
Parishes	128
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	6 June 1961 (62 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Paul in Incheon
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	John Baptist Jung Shin-chul
Metropolitan Archbishop	Andrew Yeom Soo-jung
Map
Website
caincheon.or.kr

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Incheon (Latin: Dioecesis Inchonensis) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church located in Incheon, South Korea. The diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Seoul.

History

On 6 June 1961 Pope John XXIII erected as an Apostolic Vicariate of Incheon. It was elevated to a diocese the next year on 10 March. The seat is Dapdong Cathedral.^[1][2]

Leadership

Ordinaries

Apostolic Vicars of Inch’on

• William John McNaughton, M.M. (1961–1962)

Bishops of Incheon

• William John McNaughton, M.M. (1962–2002)
• Boniface Choi Ki-San (2002–2016)
• John Baptist Jung Shin-chul (2016–present)

Coadjutor Bishops

• Boniface Choi Ki-San (1999–2002)

Auxiliary Bishops

• John Baptist Jung Shin-chul (2010–2016)^[3]

References

37°27′00″N 126°43′01″E / 37.4500°N 126.7170°E / 37.4500; 126.7170

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