Cathedral Church of Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception
Type
National polity
Classification
Catholic
Orientation
Asian Christianity, Latin
Scripture
Bible
Theology
Catholic theology
Governance
Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea
Pope
Francis
President
Matthias Ri Iong-hoon
Apostolic Nuncio
Alfred Xuereb
Region
South Korea
Language
Ecclesiastical Latin, Korean
Headquarters
Seoul
Origin
27 December 1593
Other name(s)
天主教 ("Religion of the Lord of Heaven")
Official website
english.cbck.or.kr
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The Catholic Church in South Korea (called Cheonjugyo, Korean: 천주교; Hanja: 天主教; lit. Religion of the Lord of Heaven) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
In 2020, it had 5,841,000 members (11.28% of the population) with almost 5,000 priests and 9,000 nuns serving across 1,842 parishes.[1]
^Catholics and Culture website, retrieved 2023-08-08
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