Roman Catholic Diocese of Suwon

The Diocese of Suwon (Latin: Dioecesis Suvonensis, kor. 천주교 수원 교구 ) is located in South Korea, Roman Catholic diocese based in Suwon.

History

The Diocese of Suwon was founded on October 7, 1963 by Pope Paul VI. built with the Apostolic Constitution Summi Pastoris of cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Seoul and this is a suffragan.

Bishop of Suwon

  • Victorinus Youn Kong -hi, 1963-1973, then Archbishop of Gwangju
  • Angelo Kim Nam -su, 1974-1997
  • Paul Choi Duk -ki, 1997-2009
  • Mathias Ri Iong -hoon, since 2009
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