Continent: South and East Asia
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Gwangju 광주 / Kwangju / 光州 (正體中文) / Kvangiuen(sis) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Jeju 제주, Jeonju 전주
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Metropolitan Archbishop (2022.11.19 – ...): | ![]() |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Gwangju 광주 (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Metropolitan Archbishop of Gwangju 광주 (South Korea)
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Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Gwangju 광주 (South Korea)
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Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Gwangju 광주 (South Korea)
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Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Gwangju 광주 (South Korea)
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Archbishop Peter Han Kong-ryel (한공렬 베드로)
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Archbishop Harold William Henry (현 하롤드), S.S.C.M.E.
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Vicars Apostolic of Gwangju 광주 (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Harold William Henry (현 하롤드), S.S.C.M.E. (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Prefects Apostolic of Gwangju 광주 (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Fr. Harold William Henry (현 하롤드), S.S.C.M.E. (later Archbishop) | ||||||||||
Msgr. Patrick Thomas Brennan (안 파트리치오), S.S.C.M.E.
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Prefects Apostolic of Kwoszu (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Fr. Owen MacPolin (임 오엔), S.S.C.M.E.
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Fr. Thomas Asagoro Wakida (トマ 脇田 浅五郎) (later Bishop) | ||||||||||
Fr. Owen MacPolin (임 오엔), S.S.C.M.E. (see above) |
Area: 12,846 km²
Population: 366,323 Catholics (11.2% of 3,274,414 total) (2021)
Statistics: 140 parishes, 5 missions, 330 priests (270 diocesan, 60 religious), 627 religious (121 brothers, 506 sisters), 61 seminarians (2021)
Patron Saint: Saint Anselm of Canterbury
Last updated on 2023.09.24
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