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Gaegeum Catholic Church is a parish in the Gaya District of the Diocese of Busan and serves as a pastoral center where Catholics in the Gaegeum area of Busanjin-gu participate in Mass and the sacraments, receive catechesis, and build community life. The Catholic directory records Our Lady of Lourdes as its patron. The parish has taken shape as an independent Catholic community within the urban area connecting Gaya, Danggam, and Jurye.
The present church combines liturgical space with facilities for education and gatherings, helping parishioners sustain not only Sunday worship but also formation, fellowship, and service. Because it is a relatively recent parish, its identity also reflects the growth of neighboring parishes and changes in the surrounding residential districts. Visitors can understand it as the parish that supports the everyday Catholic life of the Gaegeum community.
History & origins
A distinct parish community in Gaegeum emerged through separation from the pastoral territories of the neighboring Gaya, Danggam, and Jurye parishes. Diocesan records state that the Gaegeum community was separated from those three parishes on December 27, 2011, while the Catholic directory gives January 6, 2012 as the parish's establishment date. The two records describe, respectively, the separation of the community and the formal diocesan establishment of the parish.
Once the new community was formed, securing a church of its own became a central task. Ground was broken for the new church on May 4, 2013, beginning construction of a building with one basement level and four above-ground floors for worship and parish activities. Representatives and parishioners from Gaya, Danggam, and Jurye, the communities from which Gaegeum had emerged, took part in the ceremony, showing the new parish's connection with its neighboring communities.
The completed church was dedicated on May 17, 2014, in a liturgy presided over by Bishop Hwang Cheol-su. The sequence from separation to parish establishment, construction, and dedication marked the process by which Catholics in Gaegeum gained an independent pastoral community and liturgical home. The new church then provided a stable base for the parish's continuing life.
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Building information
- Passenger elevators: 1
- 4 above-ground floors · 1 below-ground floors
- Approved for use in 2014
- Total floor area: 1,991㎡
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Official website: https://www.catholicbusan.or.kr
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