Sacred Heart Cathedral, Changwon
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The Sacred Heart Cathedral ( ko, 양덕동성당) also called Yangdok-dong Cathedral of the Sacred Heart is a religious building that is affiliated with the Catholic Church and is located in the city of Changwon in
South Gyeongsang Province South Gyeongsang Province ( ko, 경상남도, translit=Gyeongsangnam-do, ) is a province in the southeast of South Korea. The provincial capital is at Changwon. It is adjacent to the major metropolitan center and port of Busan. The UNESCO World H ...
, in the South part of the Asian country of
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 ...
. The colored brick clad building is adorned with 2 two identical towers topped by crosses. The temple follows the Roman or Latin rite and is the principal church of the Diocese of Masan (''Dioecesis Masanensis''; 마산 교구) that was created by
Pope Paul VI Pope Paul VI ( la, Paulus VI; it, Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, ; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his death in Augus ...
in 1966 by bull ''"siquidem catholicae"''. The church is under the pastoral responsibility of the Bishop Constantine Bae Ki-hyen.


See also

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Roman Catholicism in South Korea , native_name_lang = , image = File:Seoul_Cathedral.jpg , imagewidth = 250px , alt = , caption = Cathedral Church of Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception , abbreviation = , type ...
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Sacred Heart Cathedral (disambiguation) Sacred Heart Cathedral may refer to: Africa *Sacred Heart Cathedral, Moundou, Chad * Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bamako, Mali * Sacred Heart Cathedral, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo * Sacred Heart Cathedral, Freetown, Sierra Leone *Sacred Heart Cathe ...


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