Diocese of Masan 마산, South Korea

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Masan 마산 / 馬山 (正體中文) / Masanen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Daegu 대구

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

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History

1966.02.15: Established as Diocese of Masan 마산 / 馬山 (正體中文) / Masanen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Busan 부산 and became suffragan of Daegu 대구)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.12.21 – ...):

Bishop Linus Lee Seong-hyo (이성효 리노 / 李聖孝) (67)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Masan 마산 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Linus Lee Seong-hyo (이성효 리노 / 李聖孝) (67)
(2024.12.21 – ...)

Bishop of Masan 마산 (South Korea)

Fides spes et caritas cum Christo

Born:	1957.07.06 (Gi-dong Paldal-gu, South Korea)
Ordained Priest:	1992.04.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.03.25

Priest of Suwon 수원 (South Korea) (1992.04.09 – 2011.02.07)

Titular Bishop of Turris Tamalleni (2011.02.07 – 2024.12.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Suwon 수원 (South Korea) (2011.02.07 – 2024.12.21)

Bishop of Masan 마산 (South Korea) (2024.12.21 – ...)

Fr. Paul Shin Eun-keun (신은근 바오로 / 申銀根)
(Apostolic Administrator 2022.08.27 – 2024.12.21)

Bishop Constantine Bae Ki-hyen (배기현 콘스탄틴 / 裵基賢) (71)
(2016.04.19 – 2022.08.27)

Bishop emeritus of Masan 마산 (South Korea)

사랑은 모든 것을 견디어 냅니다

Born:	1953.02.01 (Masan, South Korea)
Ordained Priest:	1985.01.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.06.08

Priest of Masan 마산 (South Korea) (1985.01.28 – 2016.04.19)

Bishop of Masan 마산 (South Korea) (2016.04.19 – 2022.08.27)

Bishop Francis Xavier Ahn Myong-ok (안명옥 프란치스코 하비에르 / 安明玉) (79)
(2002.11.11 – 2016.04.19)

Bishop emeritus of Masan 마산 (South Korea)

예수 그리스도를 기억하게 하소서

Born:	1945.12.07 (Masan, South Korea)
Ordained Priest:	1975.02.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.01.08

Priest of Masan 마산 (South Korea) (1975.02.02 – 2000.10.23)

Coadjutor Bishop of Masan 마산 (South Korea) (2000.10.23 – 2002.11.11)

Bishop of Masan 마산 (South Korea) (2002.11.11 – 2016.04.19)

Bishop Michael Pak Jeong-il (박정일 미카엘 / 朴正一)
(1988.12.15 – 2002.11.11)

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)

Bishop Joseph Chang Byung-hwa (장병화 요셉)
(1968.08.03 – 1988.12.15)

사랑으로 서로 봉사하자

Born:	1912.07.04 (Namsendong, South Korea)
Ordained Priest:	1938.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.10.07
Died:	1990.08.03 († 78)

Bishop of Masan 마산 (South Korea) (1968.08.03 – 1988.12.15)

Bishop Stephen Kim Sou-hwan (김수환 스테파노 / 金壽宦) (later Cardinal)
(1966.02.15 – 1968.04.09)

Pro vobis et pro multis / 너희와 모든 이를 위하여

Born:	1922.05.08 (Namsan-dong, South Korea)
Ordained Priest:	1947.10.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.05.31
Created Cardinal:	1969.04.28
Died:	2009.02.16 (Seoul, South Korea † 86)

Priest of Daegu 대구 (South Korea) (1947.10.27 – 1966.02.15)

Bishop of Masan 마산 (South Korea) (1966.02.15 – 1968.04.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea) (1968.04.09 – 1998.04.03)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Felice da Cantalice a Centocelle (1969.04.30 – 2009.02.16)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea (1970 – 1975)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Pyong-yang 평양 (North Korea) (1975.06.10 – 1998.04.03)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea (1981 – 1987)

Protopriest of College of Cardinals (2004.03.13 – 2009.02.16)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Francis Xavier Ahn Myong-ok (안명옥 프란치스코 하비에르 / 安明玉) (79) (2000.10.23 – 2002.11.11)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Yangdok-dong Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Changwon 창원시, Gyeongsangnam-do 경상남도
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Gwangju 광주 (←), Jeonju 전주 (↖), Daegu 대구 (↑), Busan 부산 (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 9,064 km²

Population: 182,358 Catholics (7.6% of 2,387,028 total)

Pastoral Centres: 75 parishes

Personnel: 175 priests (155 diocesan, 20 religious), 305 religious (49 brothers, 256 sisters), 31 seminarians