The Immaculate Conception Cathedral ( ko, 중앙성당) also called Jungang Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Mary and locally ''Jungang Cathedral'', is a religious building located in the city of

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in the extreme south of the Asian country of

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. The temple follows the Roman or Latin rite and is the principal church of the Diocese of Jeju (''Dioecesis Cheiuensis''; 제주 교구) which was raised to its current status in 1977 by

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by bull ''"Munus Apostolicum"''. It is under the pastoral responsibility of the Bishop Peter Kang U-il.

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