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Samdeok Catholic Church is a parish of the Archdiocese of Daegu and one of the long-established Catholic communities in central Daegu. The current official parish directory of the archdiocese lists the community under the name “Samdeok Catholic Church,” and its patron is Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus.
Amid changes in the residential structure of the city center, Samdeok has been notable not only for its ordinary role as a local parish but also as a place where youth ministry was deliberately emphasized and developed. For a period the archdiocese designated it as a parish focused on ministry to young adults and used the name “Samdeok Youth Catholic Church.” This history illustrates how an urban parish adjusted its pastoral focus in response to changes in its local environment.
History & origins
The Archdiocese of Daegu records October 18, 1933 as the establishment date of Samdeok Catholic Church. According to an archdiocesan account prepared for the parish's 80th anniversary, Samdeok began as a parish for Japanese Catholics. This reflects the particular social composition of central Daegu during the Japanese colonial period and the way Catholic communities were organized at that time.
As densely populated residential areas shifted toward the outskirts of the city in the early 2000s, the archdiocese reinterpreted the pastoral role of Samdeok Parish. In 2008 it was designated as a parish focused on youth ministry and, from October 1, renamed “Samdeok Youth Catholic Church,” with a role in developing and applying pastoral approaches for young Catholics.
In 2013 the parish celebrated its 80th anniversary with a thanksgiving Mass and Confirmation, and the community prepared archival material documenting parish life from its early years through the contemporary period. The archdiocese's current parish directory again uses the name “Samdeok Catholic Church,” although the publicly available sources do not establish when the name was changed back. The history of Samdeok can therefore be understood as a movement from a 1930s urban parish foundation to a distinctive emphasis on youth ministry in the 2000s.
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- Passenger elevators: 1
- 3 above-ground floors · 0 below-ground floors
- Total floor area: 2,955㎡
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