The Catholic Church of all

Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...

is united under a single

episcopal conference An episcopal conference, sometimes called a conference of bishops, is an official assembly of the bishops of the Catholic Church in a given territory. Episcopal conferences have long existed as informal entities. The first assembly of bishops to ...

for the entire politically divided peninsula. All territorial jurisdictions in Korea are part of the

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, covering both

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...

and

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and T ...

, comprising: * three

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, each headed by a

metropolitan bishop In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan (alternative obsolete form: metropolite), pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis. Originally, the term referred to the ...

seated in an archdiocese, and a total of 14 suffragan dioceses * the Military Ordinariate of South Korea. * the pre-diocesan

Territorial Abbey of Tokwon Tokwon Abbey was a Benedictine monastery of the Congregation of Missionary Benedictines of Saint Ottilien, located near the town of Wonsan in what is now North Korea. Founded as a monastic mission in Seoul, the community transferred to Tokwon in ...

, in North Korea Dioceses_of_Korea-en

Latin provinces of Korea

Ecclesiastical Province of Seoul, including North Korea

Archdiocese 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 ...

(also partially in North Korea) ** Diocese of Chunchon (also partially in North Korea) ** Diocese of Daejeon ** Diocese of Hamhung (in North Korea) ** Diocese of Incheon ** Diocese of Pyongyang (in North Korea) ** Diocese of Suwon ** Diocese of Uijeongbu ** Diocese of Wonju

Ecclesiastical Province of Kwangju, in South Korea

* Archdiocese of Gwangju ** Diocese of Cheju (Jeju) ** Diocese of Jeonju

Ecclesiastical Province of Daegu, in South Korea

* Archdiocese of Daegu ** Diocese of Andong ** Diocese of Cheongju **

Diocese of Masan The Diocese of Masan ( la, Dioecesis Masanensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in South Korea. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Daegu, Arch ...

** Diocese of Busan

Exempt jurisdictions ''sui iuris''

* Military Ordinariate of (South) Korea * ''

'' (alias Tŏkugen abbey, with a cathedral see), in North Korea

Defunct jurisdictions

There are no

titular see A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbis ...

s. All former prelatures have current successor jurisdictions, notably as result of promotions.

Sources and external links

GCatholic.org

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