Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kwangju

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kwangju

The Catholic Archdiocese of Gwangju is one of the three Metropolitan Catholic Church in Korea. It was first created in 1937 as an Apostolic Vicariate to be administered by a Monsignor, and was raised to the Archdiocese in 1962. The first Korean was appointed to the see in 1954.

The following is a list of the bishops and then the archbishops of Gwangju

*Monsignor Owen McPolin (1937-1942)
*Monsignor A. Wakata (1942-1945)
*Monsignor Owen McPolin (1945-1947)
*Monsignor Patrick Brennan (1947-1950)
*Archbishop Harold Henry (1962-1971)
*Archbishop Peter Gong-ryul Han (1971-1973)
*Archbishop Victorinus Youn Kong-hi (1973-2000)
*Archbishop Andrew Chang-mu Choi (2000-Present)

The Archbishop covers the city of Gwangju and entire Chollanamdo province.

External links

* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/kwan0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
* [http://www.kjcatholic.or.kr/menu010203.jsp Archdiocese of Gwangju]


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