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Imho Catholic Church is the center of Imho Parish, a Catholic parish in the Samgye District of the Diocese of Busan serving the Gimhae area. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea directory lists Imho as a parish of the Diocese of Busan and gives Pentecost as its patronal feast. It is therefore best understood not simply as a church building, but as the center of a parish community in which Catholics of the surrounding area continue their life of faith through Mass and the sacraments. Within Gimhae’s urban living area, it has a clear identity as a local Catholic center where catechesis, liturgy, prayer, and fellowship come together.
Pentecost, the parish’s patronal feast, recalls the Church receiving the Holy Spirit and being sent into the world. That patronal meaning helps explain a parish life that is not confined to fellowship within the community but is directed toward learning and sharing the faith and building relationships with neighbors. Visitors can therefore understand Imho Catholic Church not merely in terms of its administrative affiliation with the Diocese of Busan, but as a parish where liturgy, sacraments, faith formation, and community life continue in Gimhae, providing a daily foundation for Catholics seeking to live the Church’s mission in the Holy Spirit.
History & origins
The formation of Imho Parish coincided with a period when the Catholic population in the Gimhae area was growing and the need for an independent parish community was becoming stronger. The Catholic Times records that the groundbreaking for the present church took place on July 23, 2000. Although the community had not yet been separated from Gimhae Parish, preparations for a church to serve the new community were already under way, laying the groundwork for the future parish. The Catholic Times subsequently reports that Imho was separated from Gimhae Parish in January 2001, while the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea directory records February 1, 2001, as the parish’s establishment date.
Construction continued after the separation. The new church was built on a site of 845 pyeong, with a total floor area of 803 pyeong, one basement level, and four stories above ground. The contemporary report describes catechetical rooms, a hall and dining area in the basement, and offices, additional catechetical space, a convent, a smaller hall, priests’ residences, the main church, and choir space on the upper floors. The arrangement brought together in one building the various functions needed by a newly established parish: liturgy, catechesis, meetings, administration, and community life.
On April 14, 2002, the new church was dedicated in a ceremony presided over by Bishop Jeong Myeong-jo of Busan. From the groundbreaking through the separation of the parish and then the dedication of the church, the process unfolded over roughly two years, giving the Imho community the physical foundation needed for an independent parish. The fact that construction had begun before the parish was formally established also shows that space was being prepared with the creation of the new community already in view.
This sequence reflects the growth of the local Church in Gimhae: as a Catholic community expanded, a new parish was separated from an older one and gradually gained a place in which it could conduct its own liturgy, formation, and pastoral life. Imho’s early history is therefore clearer when understood not only through a single administrative date, but as a process in which separation, construction, and dedication converged to form an independent pastoral base.
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Building information
- Passenger elevators: 0
- 4 above-ground floors · 1 below-ground floors
- Approved for use in 2001
- Total floor area: 2,669㎡
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