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Solmoru Catholic Church is a parish church in the Western District of the Diocese of Chuncheon and is dedicated to the Body and Blood of Christ. The parish developed around the Catholic community of the Songu area in Soheul-eup, Pocheon, and the present name “Solmoru” has become a distinctive identity for the local parish.
The parish has also played an important role in the development of Catholic communities in the surrounding Pocheon region. The diocesan history records how Gasan and Naechon mission stations were later separated to form a new quasi-parish. Solmoru can therefore be understood as a mother parish that accompanied population growth and the expansion of Catholic communities until new parish structures became necessary.
History & origins
Solmoru Parish has its roots in Songu-ri Mission Station, which belonged to Pocheon Parish. According to the Diocese of Chuncheon parish history, Father Philip Cho Seon-hui, then pastor of Pocheon Parish, secured the present church site in 1975, and in 1978 a mission-station building of about fifty pyeong was erected as the local Catholic community grew. As the number of Catholics and the pastoral needs of the area increased, Songu-ri developed the foundation for becoming an independent pastoral community.
The master chronology of the Diocese of Chuncheon records the establishment of Songu-ri Quasi-Parish in August 1991 and its elevation to Songu-ri Parish in April 1994. The establishment table on the individual parish page gives April 19, 1994, providing a more precise date for the parish elevation. After the elevation, the former mission-station building was enlarged and remodeled in December 1998.
In January 2005, the parish name was changed from “Songu-ri” to “Solmoru.” Gasan Mission Station, then administered by Solmoru, and Naechon Mission Station, which belonged to Ildong Parish, were prepared for separation as a new community and in September of that year became St. Thomas Quasi-Parish. Solmoru Parish later undertook construction of a new church; the present church was completed and dedicated by Bishop Luke Kim Woon-hoe on December 7, 2010. The progression from mission station to quasi-parish and parish, followed by the separation of neighboring communities and the building of a new church, reflects the growth of the Catholic community in the Songu area of Pocheon.
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Building information
- Passenger elevators: 1
- 4 above-ground floors · 1 below-ground floors
- Approved for use in 2010
- Total floor area: 2,483㎡
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