Diocese of Suwon 수원, South Korea

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Suwon 수원 / 水原 (正體中文) / Suvonen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Seoul 서울

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

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History

1963.10.07: Established as Diocese of Suwon 수원 / 水原 (正體中文) / Suvonen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Seoul 서울 and became suffragan of Seoul 서울)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2009.03.30 – ...):	Bishop Mathias Ri Iong-hoon (이용훈 마티아 / 李容勳) (72) President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea
Auxiliary Bishop (2011.02.07 – ...):	Bishop Linus Lee Seong-hyo (이성효 리노 / 李聖孝) (66) Titular Bishop of Turris Tamalleni
Auxiliary Bishop (2015.07.23 – ...):	Bishop John Moon Hee-jong (문희종 요한 세례자 / 文熙鍾) (57) Titular Bishop of Mutia

Ordinaries

Bishops of Suwon 수원 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Mathias Ri Iong-hoon (이용훈 마티아 / 李容勳) (72)
(2009.03.30 – ...)

Bishop of Suwon 수원 (South Korea)
President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea

Unitas in Christo / 그리스도 안에서 일치

Born:	1951.09.13 (Kyoûng-ghi, South Korea)
Ordained Priest:	1979.03.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.05.14

Priest of Suwon 수원 (South Korea) (1979.03.06 – 2003.03.19)

Titular Bishop of Catabum castra (2003.03.19 – 2008.10.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Suwon 수원 (South Korea) (2003.03.19 – 2008.10.10)

Coadjutor Bishop of Suwon 수원 (South Korea) (2008.10.10 – 2009.03.30)

Bishop of Suwon 수원 (South Korea) (2009.03.30 – ...)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea (2020.10.15 – ...)

Bishop Paul Choi Deok-ki (최덕기 바오로 / 崔悳基) (76)
(1997.06.04 – 2009.03.30)

Bishop emeritus of Suwon 수원 (South Korea)

그리스도와 함께

Born:	1948.01.15 (P’yongt’aek, South Korea)
Ordained Priest:	1975.10.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.02.22

Priest of Suwon 수원 (South Korea) (1975.10.10 – 1996.01.11)

Coadjutor Bishop of Suwon 수원 (South Korea) (1996.01.11 – 1997.06.04)

Bishop of Suwon 수원 (South Korea) (1997.06.04 – 2009.03.30)

Bishop Angelo Kim Nam-su (김남수 안젤로 / 金南洙)
(1974.10.05 – 1997.06.04)

Ut sint unum / 모두 하나가 되게 하소서

Born:	1922.06.04 (Suwon, South Korea)
Ordained Priest:	1948.10.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.11.21
Died:	2002.06.01 († 79)

Bishop of Suwon 수원 (South Korea) (1974.10.05 – 1997.06.04)

Military Vicar of South Korea (South Korea) (1983.11.22 – 1986.07.21)

Military Ordinary of South Korea (South Korea) (1986.07.21 – 1989.10.23)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea (1987 – 1993)

Bishop Victorinus Youn Kong-hi (윤공희 빅토리노 / 尹恭熙) (99) (later Archbishop)
(1963.10.07 – 1973.10.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Gwangju 광주 (South Korea)

Pax Christi / 그리스도의 평화

Born:	1924.11.08 (Chinnamp’o, South Korea)
Ordained Priest:	1950.03.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.10.20

Priest of Seoul 서울 (South Korea) (1950.03.20 – 1963.10.07)

Bishop of Suwon 수원 (South Korea) (1963.10.07 – 1973.10.25)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea (1967 – 1970)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Gwangju 광주 (South Korea) (1973.10.25 – 2000.11.30)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea (1975 – 1981)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Mathias Ri Iong-hoon (이용훈 마티아 / 李容勳) (72) (2008.10.10 – 2009.03.30)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Paul Choi Deok-ki (최덕기 바오로 / 崔悳基) (76) (1996.01.11 – 1997.06.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Mathias Ri Iong-hoon (이용훈 마티아 / 李容勳) (72) (2003.03.19 – 2008.10.10)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Jeongjadong Cathedral of St. Joseph, Suwon 수원시, Gyeonggi-do 경기도
Shrine: Shrine of Mirinae, Anseong 안성시, Gyeonggi-do 경기도
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Incheon 인천 (↖), Seoul 서울 (↑), Chuncheon 춘천 (↗), Wonju 원주 (→), Cheongju 청주 (↘), Daejeon 대전 (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 5,525 km²

Population: 937,842 Catholics (10.9% of 8,613,876 total)

Pastoral Centres: 222 parishes

Personnel: 563 priests (481 diocesan, 82 religious), 1,366 religious (161 brothers, 1,205 sisters), 154 seminarians