Diocese of Hamhung 함흥, North Korea

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Hamhung 함흥 / Hamhŭng / 咸興 (正體中文) / Hameungen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Seoul 서울

Bishop:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2020.11.21 – ...):	Bishop Simon Kim Ju-young (김주영 시몬 / 金周瑩) (52) Bishop of Chuncheon 춘천 (South Korea)

Vicars Apostolic of Wonsan 원산 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Simon Kim Ju-young (김주영 시몬 / 金周瑩) (52)
(Apostolic Administrator 2020.11.21 – ...)

Bishop Lucas Kim Woon-hoe (김운회 루가 / 金雲會) (78)
(Apostolic Administrator 2010.01.28 – 2020.11.21)

Bishop John of the Cross Chang Yik (장익 십자가의 요한 / 張益)
(Apostolic Administrator 2005.11.21 – 2010.01.28)

Fr. Placidus Ri Tong-ho (이동호 플라치도), O.S.B. (later Abbot)
(Apostolic Administrator 1981.05.22 – 2005.11.21)

Fr. Timotheus Bitterli (이성도 디모테오), O.S.B.
(Apostolic Administrator 1952.05.09 – 1981.05.22)

Bishop Bonifatius Sauer (신상원 보니파시오), O.S.B.
(Apostolic Administrator 1940.01.12 – 1950.02.07)

Bishop Bonifatius Sauer (신상원 보니파시오), O.S.B.
(1920.08.25 – 1940.01.12)

Vicar Apostolic of Wonsan 원산 (North Korea) (1920.08.25 – 1940.01.12)

Titular Bishop of Appiaria (1920.08.25 – 1950.02.07)

Abbot Ordinary of Tŏkugen (North Korea) (1940.01.12 – 1950.02.07)

Apostolic Administrator of Kanko (North Korea) (1940.01.12 – 1950.02.07)

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)

1920.08.05: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Wonsan 원산 / 元山 (正體中文) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Seoul 서울)
1928.07.09: Lost territory to establish Mission sui juris of Ilan
1928.07.19: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Yanji 延吉
1940.01.12: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Kanko / Hamheung / 咸興 (正體中文) (lost territory to establish Territorial Abbacy of Tŏkugen)
1950.07.12: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Hamhung 함흥 / Hamhŭng / 咸興 (正體中文) / Hameungen(sis) (Latin)
1962.03.10: Promoted as Diocese of Hamhung 함흥 / Hamhŭng / 咸興 (正體中文) / Hameungen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Seoul 서울)