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About this place
Seonghwa-dong Church is a parish church of the Catholic Diocese of Cheongju, located in Seonghwa-dong, Seowon-gu, Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do. The diocese places it in the Gangseo district and identifies St. John Vianney as the parish’s patron saint. It is the center of parish life where local Catholics celebrate Mass and the sacraments and continue faith formation and community activities.
The present church complex provides not only a liturgical space but also areas for meetings and pastoral work. Its importance lies in giving Catholics in the Seonghwa-dong residential area a stable place to gather regularly and sustain faith across generations. Visitors can therefore understand it not simply as a new building, but as the fruit of a community’s long effort to secure a church and pastoral home, centered on a parish under the patronage of St. John Vianney.
History & origins
Seonghwa-dong Parish was established on August 18, 2009. The official records of the Diocese of Cheongju give this as the establishment date, while the Catholic Times of Korea reports that the community began in August 2009 after separating from Gaesin-dong Parish.
For many years after its establishment, the parish had no independent church building and used the fifth floor of a commercial building as a temporary liturgical space. A 2022 report states that this period lasted about thirteen years. During that time parishioners continued Mass and community life in a limited setting while preparing for a new church.
Construction of the new church was completed at the end of April 2022, and the church was dedicated on May 20 of that year in a liturgy presided over by Bishop Simon Kim Jong-gang of Cheongju. The three-story building included the church, choir area, office and meeting rooms, a religious-goods room, and the rectory. The move from a temporary commercial-space chapel to a dedicated parish church marked a major transition, giving the community a stable base for liturgy and pastoral life after years of preparation.
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Building information
- Passenger elevators: 1
- 3 above-ground floors · 1 below-ground floors
- Approved for use in 2022
- Total floor area: 996㎡
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Official website: https://www.cdcj.or.kr
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