About this place
Geumcheon Mission Station is a Catholic mission community in Geumcheon-myeon, Naju, within the Naju area of the Archdiocese of Gwangju, and belongs to Naju Parish. The archdiocese's official record gives December 27, 1987 as its establishment date and confirms the same address as the package, with Geumcheon-myeon as its pastoral area.
Rather than being an independent parish, Geumcheon is a local faith community where Catholics gather for prayer and continue their religious life under the pastoral care of Naju Parish. The establishment of a separate community base in Geumcheon-myeon in the late 1980s reflects the Church's pastoral structure for keeping Catholics in rural areas connected with a parish.
The site is therefore best understood not as a parish church with a resident priest, but as a local prayer place and community belonging to Naju Parish. Its central role is to sustain Catholic life on a small local scale while maintaining the community's connection with its mother parish.
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Building information
- Passenger elevators: 0
- 1 above-ground floors · 0 below-ground floors
- Approved for use in 1988
- Total floor area: 97㎡
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Official website: https://www.gjcatholic.or.kr/
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