Diocese of Wonju 원주, South Korea 🇰🇷

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Wonju 원주 / 原州 (正體中文) / Voniuen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Seoul 서울

Neighbouring Dioceses: Cheongju 청주 (↙), Suwon 수원 (←), Chuncheon 춘천 (↑), Andong 안동 (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1965.03.22: Established as Diocese of Wonju 원주 / 原州 (正體中文) / Voniuen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Chunchon 춘천 and became suffragan of Seoul 서울)
1969.05.29: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Andong 안동

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.03.31 – ...):

Bishop Basil Cho Kyu-man (조규만 바실리오 / 曺圭晩) (70)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Wonju 원주 (Roman Rite)

Bishop Basil Cho Kyu-man (조규만 바실리오 / 曺圭晩) (70)
(2016.03.31 – ...)

Bishop of Wonju 원주 (South Korea)

Gloria Deo Pax hominibus

Born:	1955.06.08 (Pochon, South Korea)
Ordained Priest:	1982.08.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.01.25

Priest of Seoul 서울 (South Korea) (1982.08.26 – 2006.01.03)

Titular Bishop of Elephantaria in Proconsulari (2006.01.03 – 2016.03.31)

Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea) (2006.01.03 – 2016.03.31)

Bishop of Wonju 원주 (South Korea) (2016.03.31 – ...)

Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea (2020.10.14 – 2023.10.11)

Bishop James Kim Ji-seok (김지석 야고보 / 金智錫) (85)
(1993.03.12 – 2016.03.31)

Bishop emeritus of Wonju 원주 (South Korea)

Semper gaudete / 항상 기뻐하라

Born:	1940.07.27 (Wonju, South Korea)
Ordained Priest:	1968.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.01.14

Priest of Wonju 원주 (South Korea) (1968.06.29 – 1990.11.19)

Coadjutor Bishop of Wonju 원주 (South Korea) (1990.11.19 – 1993.03.12)

Bishop of Wonju 원주 (South Korea) (1993.03.12 – 2016.03.31)

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

Bishop Daniel Tji Hak-sun (지학순 다니엘)
(1965.03.22 – 1993.03.12)

Fiat lux / 빛이 되라

Born:	1921.09.09 (Chung Hwa, South Korea)
Ordained Priest:	1952.12.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1965.06.29
Died:	1993.03.12 († 71)

Bishop of Wonju 원주 (South Korea) (1965.03.22 – 1993.03.12)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop James Kim Ji-seok (김지석 야고보 / 金智錫) (85) (1990.11.19 – 1993.03.12)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Wondong Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace, Wonju 원주시, Gangwon-do 강원도
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Cheongju 청주 (↙), Suwon 수원 (←), Chuncheon 춘천 (↑), Andong 안동 (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 8,186 km²

Population: 80,432 Catholics (9.2% of 875,752 total)

Pastoral Centres: 54 parishes

Personnel: 103 priests (diocesan), 208 religious (3 brothers, 205 sisters), 23 seminarians