Roman Catholic Diocese of Suwon

Diocese of Suwon Dioecesis Suvonensis 수원 교구
Location
Country	South Korea
Territory	Southern part of Gyeonggi
Ecclesiastical province	Seoul
Metropolitan	Seoul
Statistics
Area	5,371 km2 (2,074 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2017) 8,417,575 928,650 (10.9%)
Parishes	218
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	7 October 1963 (58 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Joseph
Patron saint	Queen of Peace
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop
Metropolitan Archbishop	Andrew Yeom Soo-jung
Auxiliary Bishops
Bishops emeritus
Map
Website
casuwon.or.kr

The Diocese of Suwon (Lat.: Dioecesis Suvonensis) is a particular church of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church. The seat of the Bishop of Suwon is at in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.

Pope Paul VI created the episcopal see on October 7, 1963. The territory had previously been part of the Archdiocese of Seoul, to which Suwon is suffragan.^[1][2]

Leadership[]

Ordinaries[]

• Victorinus Youn Kong-hi (1963–1973), appointed Archbishop of Gwangju
• (1974–1997)
• (1997–2009)
• (2009–present)

Coadjutor Bishops[]

• Paul Choi Deok-ki (1996–1997)
• Matthias Ri Iong-hoon (2008–2009)

Auxiliary Bishops[]

• Matthias Ri Iong-hoon (2003–2008)
• (2011–present)^[3]
• (2015–present)^[4]

References[]

External links[]

• Catholic Diocese of Suwon official site

Coordinates: 37°17′00″N 127°01′01″E / 37.2833°N 127.0170°E / 37.2833; 127.0170