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Sinnam Catholic Church is a parish of the Central District in the Diocese of Chuncheon and is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. Centered on Nam-myeon in Inje County, it serves the local Catholic community through Mass and the sacraments. Because the area contains many military units, the parish also has a pastoral character that brings together local residents and members of the armed forces. The present parish grew from the long-standing Catholic community of Bupyeong-ri Mission Station.
The significance of Sinnam Parish lies in the way a small mission community preserved its faith over a wide mountainous area, endured environmental changes including inundation and the loss of an earlier chapel, and then established a new pastoral base that eventually developed into a parish. The church today represents not merely a building but the continuity of Catholic life in southern Inje and the repeated rebuilding of a local community in response to changing circumstances.
History & origins
The predecessor of Sinnam Parish, Bupyeong-ri Mission Station, already had seven or eight Catholic households around 1923. A priest from Hongcheon Parish visited during the spring and autumn seasonal confession periods to administer the sacraments. A mission chapel was later built with assistance from U.S. troops stationed at Gwandae-ri, but in 1972 the area was submerged as a result of the Soyang Dam project and the chapel was removed.
After losing the earlier mission station, the community secured land at the site of the present church. The pastor of Inje Parish, with help from an Irish benefactor, constructed a chapel, and the faithful again used it as their mission station. The community became a quasi-parish in December 1990 and was elevated to a full parish on April 19, 1994.
The former mission building continued to serve the parish after its elevation, but it gradually deteriorated. Construction of a new church began in 2006, and on November 25 of that year Bishop Chang Yik presided at the blessing of the completed church. The history of Sinnam Parish is therefore closely tied to a community displaced by inundation that rebuilt its place of faith and gradually developed from a mission station into a quasi-parish and then a parish.
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Building information
- Passenger elevators: 0
- 1 above-ground floors · 0 below-ground floors
- Approved for use in 2007
- Total floor area: 661㎡
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