Diocese of Incheon 인천, South Korea 🇰🇷

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Incheon 인천 / Inch’ŏn / 仁川 (正體中文) / Inchonen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Seoul 서울

Neighbouring Dioceses: Uijeongbu 의정부 (↑), Seoul 서울 (→), Suwon 수원 (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1961.06.06: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Incheon 인천 / Inch’ŏn / 仁川 (正體中文) / Inchonen(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Seul 서울)
1962.03.10: Promoted as Diocese of Incheon 인천 / Inch’ŏn / 仁川 (正體中文) / Inchonen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Seoul 서울)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.11.10 – ...):

Bishop John Baptist Jung Shin-chul (정신철 세례자 요한 / 鄭信喆) (61)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Incheon 인천 (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Baptist Jung Shin-chul (정신철 세례자 요한 / 鄭信喆) (61)
(2016.11.10 – ...)

Bishop of Incheon 인천 (South Korea)

하느님은 사랑이십니다

Born:	1964.10.22 (Incheon, South Korea)
Ordained Priest:	1993.01.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.06.16

Priest of Incheon 인천 (South Korea) (1993.01.29 – 2010.04.29)

Titular Bishop of Cuicul (2010.04.29 – 2016.11.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Incheon 인천 (South Korea) (2010.04.29 – 2016.11.10)

Bishop of Incheon 인천 (South Korea) (2016.11.10 – ...)

Bishop Boniface Choi Ki-san (최기산 보니파시오 / 崔基山)
(2002.04.25 – 2016.05.30)

Fiat voluntas tua

Born:	1948.05.16 (Kyeonki, South Korea)
Ordained Priest:	1975.12.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.12.27
Died:	2016.05.30 († 68)

Coadjutor Bishop of Incheon 인천 (South Korea) (1999.10.29 – 2002.04.25)

Bishop of Incheon 인천 (South Korea) (2002.04.25 – 2016.05.30)

Bishop William John McNaughton (나길모 굴리엘모), M.M.
(1962.03.10 – 2002.04.25)

Ut omnes unum sint

Born:	1926.12.07 (Lawrence, MA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1953.06.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.08.24
Died:	2020.02.03 (Methuen, MA, USA † 93)

Titular Bishop of Thuburbo minus (1961.06.06 – 1962.03.10)

Vicar Apostolic of Incheon 인천 (South Korea) (1961.06.06 – 1962.03.10)

Bishop of Incheon 인천 (South Korea) (1962.03.10 – 2002.04.25)

Vicars Apostolic of Incheon 인천 (Roman Rite)

Bishop William John McNaughton (나길모 굴리엘모), M.M.
(1961.06.06 – 1962.03.10)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Boniface Choi Ki-san (최기산 보니파시오 / 崔基山) (1999.10.29 – 2002.04.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Baptist Jung Shin-chul (정신철 세례자 요한 / 鄭信喆) (61) (2010.04.29 – 2016.11.10)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Dapdong Cathedral of St. Paul, Incheon 인천시, Incheon-gwangyeoksi 인천광역시
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Uijeongbu 의정부 (↑), Seoul 서울 (→), Suwon 수원 (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,493 km²

Population: 525,100 Catholics (11.9% of 4,408,509 total)

Pastoral Centres: 130 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 373 priests (308 diocesan, 65 religious), 692 religious (106 brothers, 586 sisters), 65 seminarians