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Hupyeongdong Parish of the Good Shepherd belongs to the Chuncheon District of the Diocese of Chuncheon and serves the urban Catholic community centered on Hupyeongdong. Its patron is the Good Shepherd. The parish was separated from Ungyodong Parish to care for a rapidly growing population and Catholic community during Chuncheon’s industrial and residential expansion. Today Hupyeongdong Catholic Church is the parish center where local Catholics continue their life of Mass, sacraments, catechesis, and community.
The parish’s identity is also shaped by an early experience in which the community came before the completion of its facilities. When the church was first dedicated, the building still lacked fully installed window glass and even sufficient seating, yet Catholics gathered there for Mass and built up parish life together. This beginning makes Hupyeongdong Catholic Church not only a parish created by urban development, but also a place whose foundation was laid through the participation and perseverance of its community.
Hupyeongdong Parish is also a clear example of how changes in Chuncheon’s urban structure directly affected the Church’s pastoral organization. As industrial facilities and apartment neighborhoods created a new residential area, an independent parish became necessary for Catholics living there. The parish took root within the everyday life of this new urban community, making the close relationship between local development and parish formation one of its defining features.
History & origins
Hupyeongdong Parish was born as Chuncheon developed an industrial complex and large apartment areas around Hupyeongdong, causing a sharp increase in the local population. Ungyodong Parish could no longer adequately serve the growing number of Catholics, so a new parish was planned for all of Hupyeongdong together with parts of Hyojadong and Gyodong and the areas of Hail-ri, Mancheon-ri, and Sanggeol-ri in Dong-myeon. The new community began with 1,098 Catholics.
The church building was prepared before the parish’s official establishment. A dedication ceremony was held on July 3, 1980, even though the building still lacked fully installed window glass and adequate seating. Catholics celebrated Mass in the unfinished space and gradually provided what was needed, building the practical life of the parish together. The official diocesan information records August 26, 1980, as the establishment date of Hupyeongdong Parish of the Good Shepherd.
After the parish became established, its jurisdiction was adjusted as urban development and Catholic population patterns changed. In 2014, the Mancheon community separated to form the new Mancheon Parish. The history of Hupyeongdong Parish therefore reflects Chuncheon’s urban growth: a new pastoral unit was created to meet changing needs, parishioners built their community under limited conditions, and in time the parish itself became the source of another parish.
The dedication of the church in July 1980 and the formal establishment of the parish in August are recorded as distinct stages. A place for celebrating Mass was prepared first, and the independent parish structure followed. This sequence shows how the lived community began before every institutional step was complete and is an important key to understanding the early history of Hupyeongdong Parish.
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Building information
- Passenger elevators: 0
- 2 above-ground floors · 1 below-ground floors
- Approved for use in 1996
- Total floor area: 1,433㎡
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