Roman Catholic Diocese of Suwon

Diocese of Suwon

*Dioecesis Suvonensis*

수원 교구
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