Roman Catholic Diocese of Pyongyang

The Diocese of Pyongyang (Latin: Dioecesis Pyeongyangensis, kor. 천주교 평양 교구 ) is a location in North Korea diocese of the Roman Catholic church located in Pyongyang.

The diocese was on 10 March 1962 by Pope John XXIII. built. Previously, it had been founded in 1927 as the Apostolic Prefecture in 1939 and elevated to the Apostolic Vicariate. Your Oberhirte Francis Hong Yong -ho 's (* 1906), who has been missing since 1962 and can be assumed to be dead. The Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin -suk is therefore used as the Apostolic Administrator. The seat of the bishop is in the Cathedral of Jangchung. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Seoul South Korea.

The number of the faithful in the diocese, the Vatican indicated by 800. The national North Korean government it is estimated at 3,000. Accurate determination is currently impossible. The number of municipalities is also unknown. The three first apostolic prefect in the diocese came from Ireland.

In 2007, a beatification process for the 36 Martyrs of Tokwon was initiated, who perished in the set up of dictator Kim Il -Sung concentration camps between 1949 to 1952. In the spring of 2013, the South Korean bishops also asked for the opening of the beatification process for Bishop Francis Hong Yong -ho and other martyrs.