The Diocese of Chunchon (also romanized ''Chuncheon'' and ''Ch’unch’on'', la, Dioecesis Chuncheonensis) is a

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of the

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of the

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. A

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in the

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of the Metropolitan

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, it has ecclesiastic authority over the administrative province of Gangwon-do. Its

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episcopal see

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is Jungnim-dong Cathedral in

Chuncheon Chuncheon (; ; formerly romanized as Chunchŏn; literally ''spring river'') is the capital of Gangwon Province in South Korea. The city lies in the north of the county, located in a basin formed by the Soyang River and Han River. There are some ...

History

The jurisdiction was erected on April 25, 1939 as a missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Seoul under the name

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of Shunsen, the city's name during the period of

Japanese rule of Korea Between 1910 and 1945, Korea was ruled as a part of the Empire of Japan. Joseon Korea had come into the Japanese sphere of influence with the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1876; a complex coalition of the Meiji government, military, and business offici ...

. It was renamed the Apostolic Prefecture of Chunchon on July 16, 1950 and made an Apostolic vicariate on September 20, 1955. It was elevated to diocesan status on March 10, 1962. On 22 March 1965, it lost territory to establish the Diocese of Wonju 원주

Ordinaries

Apostolic Prefects of Chunchon

Owen McPolin Rev. Owen McPolin((임 오엔)) SSC. MA, STL, (1889–1963) was an Irish priest who served on missions to China and Korea. Biography Born in Hilltown, County Down, Ireland, in 1889, McPolin, went to Maynooth College where he was ordained in 1913 ...

(1939–1940) * Thomas F. Quinlan, S.S.C.M.E. (1940–1942) *

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(1942–1945;

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) *Thomas F. Quinlan, S.S.C.M.E. (1945–1955)

Apostolic Vicars of Chunchon

*Thomas F. Quinlan, S.S.C.M.E. (1955–1962)

Bishops of Chunchon

*Thomas F. Quinlan, S.S.C.M.E. (1962–1965) * Thomas Stewart, S.S.C.M.E. (1966–1994) *

John Chang Yik The Right Reverend John Chang Yik (November 20, 1933, Seoul – August 5, 2020, Chuncheon) was the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chunchon, South Korea. The son of Chang Myon, he was born as Chang Yik. On 30 March 1963, aged 29, he w ...

(1994–2010) *

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(2010–2020) * Simon Kim Ju-young (2020–present)

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Roman Catholic dioceses in South Korea, Chunchun Christian organizations established in 1939 Gangwon Province, South Korea Chunchun 1939 establishments in Korea Chuncheon Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Seoul {{Asia-RC-diocese-stub