Catholic Church in Korea
Diocese of Suwon
GENERAL INFORMATION
| Diocese | October 7, 1963 |
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| Bishop | Most Rev. Matthias RI Iong-hoon, S.T.D., D.D. |
| Succeeded | March 30, 2009 |
| Consecrated | May 14, 2003 |
| Former Ordinaries | Most Rev. Victorinus K. Youn, S.T.D., D.D.(1963) Most Rev. Angelo N. Kim, S.T.D., D.D.(1974) Most Rev. Paul Choi, S.T.D.,D.D.(1997) |
| Area | Gwacheon-si, Gwangmyeong-si, Gwangju-si, Gunpo-si, Seongnam-si, Suwon-si, a piece of Siheung-si, Ansan-si, Anseong-si, Anyang-si, Osan-si, Yongin-si, Uiwang-si, Icheon-si, Pyeongtaek-si, Hanam-si, Hwaseong-si, Yangpyeong-gun, Yeoju-gun in Gyeonggi-do(5,565.49㎢) |
Missionary and Religious Societies
| Men | Order Of Friars Minor Conventual; Ordo Fratrum Praedicatorum; Marist Teaching Brothers; Congregazione dei Figli dell?Immacolata Concezione; Divine Word Missionaries; Clerical Society of the Most Holy Trinity of Mirinae; Society of St. Paul; Little Brothers of Jesus; Society of Jesus; Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate; Order of Friars Minor; Society of the Catholic Apostolate; Paris Foreign Missions Society; Clerical Congregation of the Blessed Korean Martyrs; Korean Luissionary Society |
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| Women | Little Sisters of the Poor; Congregation of the Sacred Word; Caritas Sisters of Miyazaki in Korea; The Sisters of Notre Dame(Regina Pacis Province); Franciscan Missionaries of Mary; Servants of Mary; Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Mirinae; Sisters Association of St. Joseph Charity of Mirinae; Missionaries of Charity; Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill; Daughters of Mary Help of Christians; Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres; Little Servants of the Holy Family of Seoul; Missionary Benedictine Sisters of Tutzing, Seoul Priory; Order of St. Clare; Sisters of the Annunciation; Daughters of St. Paul; Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul; Sisters of St. Andrew; Sisters of St. John the Baptist; Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul of Suwon; Sisters Disciples of the Divine Master; Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Assisi; Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help; Community of the Sisters of Jesus Christ; Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary; Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus; Congregatio Jesu; Sisters of Peace Pentecost; Olivetan Benedictine Sisters of Busan; Sisters of Our Lady of the Consolation; Blessed Sacrament Sisters of Charity; Sisters of Little Jesus; Notre Dame des Agnes; Sisters of Divine Province; Carmelites Nuns Of Cheonjinam; Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Fatima; Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Service; Sisters of Palma of Blessed Korean Martyrs; Sisters of the Blessed Korean Martyrs |
DIOCESAN OFFICE
Suwon-si Jangan-gu Jeongja-dong 578, Gyeonggi 440-840
P.O. Box 2, Suwon 440-600
Website : http://www.casuwon.or.kr