The Diocese of Masan ( la, Dioecesis Masanensis) is a

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ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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. It is a

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in the

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of the

Archdiocese of Daegu The Archdiocese of Daegu (previously known as Taiku or Taegu) is a particular church of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church. The Archbishop of Daegu, whose seat is at Kyesan Cathedral in Daegu, is Metropolitan bishop for the Dioceses of Andong, ...

. The current bishop is Constantine Bae Ki Hyen, appointed in 2016.

History

On February 15, 1966

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established the Diocese of Masan with territory taken from the Diocese of Busan.

Leadership

Ordinaries

Stephen Kim Sou-hwan Stephen (often rendered as Latin Stephanus) Kim Sou-hwan (; May 8, 1922 – February 16, 2009) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and the former archbishop of Seoul, South Korea. Having been an iconic figure in South Korea's bloody an ...

(1966–1968), appointed

Archbishop of Seoul The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Seoul (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Metropolitae Seulensis'', ko, 서울대교구) is a Metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church comprising the metropolitan area of Seoul, So ...

* Joseph Byeong Hwa Chang (1968–1988) * Michael Pak Jeong-il (1988–2002) * Francis Xavier Ahn Myong-ok (2002–2016) * Constantine Bae Ki-hyen (2016–2022)

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, apostolic administrator (2022- )Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea website, ''Rev. Paul SHIN Eun Keun
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Coadjutor Bishops

* Francis Xavier Ahn Myong-ok (2000–2002)

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