The Roman Catholic Diocese of Incheon ( la, Dioecesis Inchonensis) is a

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of the

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of the

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located in

Incheon Incheon (; ; or Inch'ŏn; literally "kind river"), formerly Jemulpo or Chemulp'o (제물포) until the period after 1910, officially the Incheon Metropolitan City (인천광역시, 仁川廣域市), is a city located in northwestern South Kore ...

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. The diocese is

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to the

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 ...

History

On 6 June 1961

Pope John XXIII Pope John XXIII ( la, Ioannes XXIII; it, Giovanni XXIII; born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, ; 25 November 18813 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death in June 19 ...

erected as an Apostolic Vicariate of Incheon. It was elevated to a

the next year on 10 March. The seat is Dapdong Cathedral.

Leadership

Ordinaries

Apostolic Vicars of Inch’on

* William John McNaughton, M.M. (1961–1962)

Bishops of Incheon

*William John McNaughton, M.M. (1962–2002) * Boniface Choi Ki-San (2002–2016) * John Baptist Jung Shin-chul (2016–present)

Coadjutor Bishops

*Boniface Choi Ki-San (1999–2002)

Auxiliary Bishops

*John Baptist Jung Shin-chul (2010–2016)Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop John Baptist Jung Shin-chul"
retrieved November 7, 2015

References

Christian organizations established in 1961

Incheon Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Seoul {{Asia-RC-diocese-stub