Diocese of Suwon Dioecesis Suvonensis 수원 교구
Location
Country	South Korea
Territory	Southern part of Gyeonggi
Ecclesiastical province	Seoul
Metropolitan	Seoul
Statistics
Area	5,371 km2 (2,074 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2017) 8,417,575 928,650 (10.9%)
Parishes	218
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	7 October 1963 (60 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Joseph
Patron saint	Queen of Peace
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Matthias Ri Iong-hoon
Metropolitan Archbishop	Peter Chung Soon-taick
Auxiliary Bishops	Linus Lee Seong-hyo John Moon Hee-jong
Bishops emeritus	Paul Choi Deok-ki
Map
Website
casuwon.or.kr

The Diocese of Suwon ( Lat.: Dioecesis Suvonensis) is a particular church of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church. The seat of the Bishop of Suwon is at Jeongjadong Cathedral in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.

Pope Paul VI created the episcopal see on October 7, 1963. The territory had previously been part of the Archdiocese of Seoul, to which Suwon is suffragan. ^{[1] [2]}

Leadership

Ordinaries

• Victorinus Youn Kong-hi (1963–1973), appointed Archbishop of Gwangju
• Angelo Kim Nam-su (1974–1997)
• Paul Choi Deok-ki (1997–2009)
• Matthias Ri Iong-hoon (2009–present)

Coadjutor Bishops

• Paul Choi Deok-ki (1996–1997)
• Matthias Ri Iong-hoon (2008–2009)

Auxiliary Bishops

• Matthias Ri Iong-hoon (2003–2008)
• Linus Lee Seong-hyo (2011–present) ^[3]
• John Moon Hee-jong (2015–present) ^[4]

References

External links

• Catholic Diocese of Suwon official site

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