Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions

in South Korea

South Korea
DateAscendingChange
1831.09.09Apostolic Vicariate of Korea ์กฐ์„  was established (from Diocese of Beijing ๅŒ—ไบฌ)
1911.04.08Apostolic Vicariate of Korea ์กฐ์„  was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Seoul ์„œ์šธ (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Taiku ๋Œ€๊ตฌ)
1911.04.08Apostolic Vicariate of Taiku ๋Œ€๊ตฌ was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Korea ์กฐ์„ )
1937.04.13Apostolic Prefecture of Kwoszu was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Taiku ๋Œ€๊ตฌ)
1937.04.13Apostolic Prefecture of Zenshu was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Taiku ๋Œ€๊ตฌ)
1939.04.25Apostolic Prefecture of Shunsen was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Seoul ์„œ์šธ)
1950.07.12Apostolic Prefecture of Kwoszu was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Gwangju ๊ด‘์ฃผ
1950.07.12Apostolic Prefecture of Zenshu was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Jeonju ์ „์ฃผ
1950.07.12Apostolic Vicariate of Seoul ์„œ์šธ was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Seul ์„œ์šธ
1950.07.16Apostolic Prefecture of Shunsen was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Chunchon ์ถ˜์ฒœ
1955.09.20Apostolic Prefecture of Chunchon ์ถ˜์ฒœ was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Chunchon ์ถ˜์ฒœ
1957.01.21Apostolic Vicariate of Busan ๋ถ€์‚ฐ was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Taiku ๋Œ€๊ตฌ)
1957.01.21Apostolic Prefecture of Gwangju ๊ด‘์ฃผ was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Gwangju ๊ด‘์ฃผ
1957.01.26Apostolic Prefecture of Jeonju ์ „์ฃผ was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Jeonju ์ „์ฃผ
1958.06.23Apostolic Vicariate of Cheongju ์ฒญ์ฃผ was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Seul ์„œ์šธ)
1958.06.23Apostolic Vicariate of Daijeon was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Seul ์„œ์šธ)
1961.06.06Apostolic Vicariate of Incheon ์ธ์ฒœ was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Seul ์„œ์šธ)
1962.03.10Apostolic Vicariate of Busan ๋ถ€์‚ฐ was promoted as Diocese of Busan ๋ถ€์‚ฐ (became suffragan of Daegu ๋Œ€๊ตฌ)
1962.03.10Apostolic Vicariate of Cheongju ์ฒญ์ฃผ was promoted as Diocese of Cheongju ์ฒญ์ฃผ (became suffragan of Daegu ๋Œ€๊ตฌ)
1962.03.10Apostolic Vicariate of Chunchon ์ถ˜์ฒœ was promoted as Diocese of Chunchon ์ถ˜์ฒœ (became suffragan of Seoul ์„œ์šธ)
1962.03.10Apostolic Vicariate of Taiku ๋Œ€๊ตฌ was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Daegu ๋Œ€๊ตฌ (with suffragan sees Busan ๋ถ€์‚ฐ and Cheongju ์ฒญ์ฃผ)
1962.03.10Apostolic Vicariate of Daijeon was promoted as Diocese of Daejeon ๋Œ€์ „ (became suffragan of Seoul ์„œ์šธ)
1962.03.10Apostolic Vicariate of Gwangju ๊ด‘์ฃผ was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gwangju ๊ด‘์ฃผ (with suffragan see Jeonju ์ „์ฃผ)
1962.03.10Apostolic Vicariate of Incheon ์ธ์ฒœ was promoted as Diocese of Incheon ์ธ์ฒœ (became suffragan of Seoul ์„œ์šธ)
1962.03.10Apostolic Vicariate of Jeonju ์ „์ฃผ was promoted as Diocese of Jeonju ์ „์ฃผ (became suffragan of Gwangju ๊ด‘์ฃผ)
1962.03.10Apostolic Vicariate of Seul ์„œ์šธ was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Seoul ์„œ์šธ (with suffragan sees Chunchon ์ถ˜์ฒœ, Daejeon ๋Œ€์ „, Hamhung ํ•จํฅ, Incheon ์ธ์ฒœ and Pyong-yang ํ‰์–‘)
1963.10.07Diocese of Suwon ์ˆ˜์› was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Seoul ์„œ์šธ and became suffragan of Seoul ์„œ์šธ)
1965.03.22Diocese of Wonju ์›์ฃผ was established (from Diocese of Chunchon ์ถ˜์ฒœ and became suffragan of Seoul ์„œ์šธ)
1966.02.15Diocese of Masan ๋งˆ์‚ฐ was established (from Diocese of Busan ๋ถ€์‚ฐ and became suffragan of Daegu ๋Œ€๊ตฌ)
1969.05.29Diocese of Andong ์•ˆ๋™ was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Daegu ๋Œ€๊ตฌ and Diocese of Wonju ์›์ฃผ and became suffragan of Daegu ๋Œ€๊ตฌ)
1971.06.28Apostolic Prefecture of Cheju ์ œ์ฃผ was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Gwangju ๊ด‘์ฃผ and became suffragan of Gwangju ๊ด‘์ฃผ)
1977.03.21Apostolic Prefecture of Cheju ์ œ์ฃผ was promoted as Diocese of Cheju ์ œ์ฃผ
1983.11.22Military Vicariate of South Korea was established
1986.07.21Military Vicariate of South Korea was promoted as Military Ordinariate of Military Ordinariate of South Korea
2004.06.24Diocese of Uijeongbu ์˜์ •๋ถ€ was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Seoul ์„œ์šธ and became suffragan of Seoul ์„œ์šธ)
2021.06.09Diocese of Chunchon ์ถ˜์ฒœ was renamed as Diocese of Chuncheon ์ถ˜์ฒœ
2021.06.09Diocese of Cheju ์ œ์ฃผ was renamed as Diocese of Jeju ์ œ์ฃผ

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