Diocese of

Jeju 제주

South Korea

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Jeju 제주 / 濟州 (正體中文) / Cheiuen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Gwangju 광주

Neighbouring Dioceses: Gwangju 광주 (↑)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Website:

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1971.06.28: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Cheju 제주 / 濟州 (正體中文) / Cheiuen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gwangju 광주 and became suffragan of Gwangju 광주)
1977.03.21: Promoted as Diocese of Cheju 제주 / 濟州 (正體中文) / Cheiuen(sis) (Latin)
2021.06.09: Renamed as Diocese of Jeju 제주 / 濟州 (正體中文) / Cheiuen(sis) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.11.22 – ...):

Bishop Pius Moon Chang-woo (문창우 비오 / 文昌宇) (63)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Jeju 제주 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Pius Moon Chang-woo (문창우 비오 / 文昌宇) (63)
(2020.11.22 – ...)

Bishop of Jeju 제주 (South Korea)

Ut omnes unum sint

Born:	1963.03.15 (Cheju, South Korea)
Ordained Priest:	1996.02.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.08.15

Priest of Cheju 제주 (South Korea) (1996.02.10 – 2017.06.28)

Coadjutor Bishop of Cheju 제주 (South Korea) (2017.06.28 – 2020.11.22)

Bishop of Jeju 제주 (South Korea) (2020.11.22 – ...)

Bishops of Cheju 제주 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Peter Kang U-il (강우일 베드로 / 姜禹一) (80)
(2002.07.20 – 2020.11.22)

Bishop emeritus of Cheju 제주 (South Korea)

네 생명 주께 맡기고 그를 바라라

Born:	1945.10.12 (Seoul, South Korea)
Ordained Priest:	1974.12.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.02.14

Priest of Seoul 서울 (South Korea) (1974.12.09 – 1985.12.21)

Titular Bishop of Balecium (1985.12.21 – 2002.07.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea) (1985.12.21 – 2002.07.20)

Bishop of Cheju 제주 (South Korea) (2002.07.20 – 2020.11.22)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea (2008.10.16 – 2014.10.30)

Bishop Paul Kim Tchang-ryeol (김창렬 바오로 / 金昌烈) (99)
(1983.11.11 – 2002.07.15)

Bishop emeritus of Cheju 제주 (South Korea)

Fide et gratia / 믿음과 은총으로

Born:	1927.01.25 (Yonan, South Korea)
Ordained Priest:	1953.08.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.01.06

Priest of Cheju 제주 (South Korea) (1953.08.22 – 1983.11.11)

Bishop of Cheju 제주 (South Korea) (1983.11.11 – 2002.07.15)

Bishop Michael Pak Jeong-il (박정일 미카엘 / 朴正一)
(1977.04.15 – 1982.06.08)

In fide et lenitate / 충성 온유

Born:	1926.12.18 (P’yongnam, South Korea)
Ordained Priest:	1958.11.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.05.31
Died:	2024.08.28 (South Korea † 97)

Priest of Busan 부산 (South Korea) (1958.11.23 – 1977.04.15)

Bishop of Cheju 제주 (South Korea) (1977.04.15 – 1982.06.08)

Bishop of Jeonju 전주 (South Korea) (1982.06.08 – 1988.12.15)

Bishop of Masan 마산 (South Korea) (1988.12.15 – 2002.11.11)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea (1999 – 2002)

Archbishop Harold William Henry (현 하롤드), S.S.C.M.E.
(Apostolic Administrator 1971.06.28 – 1976.03.01)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Pius Moon Chang-woo (문창우 비오 / 文昌宇) (63) (2017.06.28 – 2020.11.22)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Jungang Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, Jeju 제주시, Jeju-teukbyeoljachido 제주특별자치도
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Churches by City (34)

Gwangju 광주 (↑)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,848 km²

Population: 83,536 Catholics (12.9% of 648,272 total)

Pastoral Centres: 31 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 77 priests (63 diocesan, 14 religious), 129 religious (14 brothers, 115 sisters), 18 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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