Continent: South and East Asia
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Hamhung 함흥 / Hamhŭng / 咸興 (正體中文) / Hameungen(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Seoul 서울
Neighbouring Dioceses: Pyong-yang 평양 (↙), Fushun 撫順 (↑), Yanji 延吉 (↗), Tŏkwon 덕원 (↓)
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Bishop: | vacant |
Apostolic Administrator (2020.11.21 – ...): | ![]() Bishop of Chuncheon 춘천 (South Korea) |
Vicars Apostolic of Wonsan 원산 (Roman Rite) | ||||||||
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Bishop John of the Cross Chang Yik (장익 십자가의 요한 / 張益) | ||||||||
Fr. Placidus Ri Tong-ho (이동호 플라치도), O.S.B. (later Abbot) | ||||||||
Fr. Timotheus Bitterli (이성도 디모테오), O.S.B. | ||||||||
Bishop Bonifatius Sauer (신상원 보니파시오), O.S.B. | ||||||||
Bishop Bonifatius Sauer (신상원 보니파시오), O.S.B.
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Area: 4,900 km²
Population: 24,996 Catholics (3.1% of 800,000 total) (1960)
Statistics: 13 parishes, 27 priests (5 diocesan, 22 religious), 55 lay religious (39 brothers, 16 sisters), 17 seminarians (1960)
Last updated on 2023.01.27
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