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St. Andrew Kim Taegon Catholic Church is a parish of the Archdiocese of Daegu in Hwanggeum-dong, Suseong-gu, Daegu. Its patron is Saint Andrew Kim Taegon, Korea's first Catholic priest and a martyr, and the parish name itself places the saint at the center of its identity. The official archdiocesan directory likewise confirms the name and the same patron.
The church serves as an ordinary parish for the Mass, sacraments, catechesis, and community life of local Catholics, while also taking the faith and priestly witness of Saint Andrew Kim Taegon as a spiritual point of reference. Unlike a memorial site devoted primarily to preserving the past, the meaning of the saint's name here continues through daily parish liturgy and the life of the faithful. Recognizing that both the parish name and patron refer to the same saint helps visitors understand the church's distinctive Catholic identity.
History & origins
St. Andrew Kim Taegon Parish was established in the Archdiocese of Daegu on October 26, 1987. The current archdiocesan parish directory records this date, and the chronology of the major pastoral activities of Archbishop Paul Ri Moun-hi also lists the parish among those founded in 1987.
The parish patron is Saint Andrew Kim Taegon. Taking the name of Korea's first priest and martyr as both parish name and patron became a defining element of the community, and the establishment of the parish gave Catholics in the Hwanggeum-dong area an independent setting for Mass and the sacramental life.
Available official sources do not provide enough detail about a possible mission-station stage before parish establishment or the construction of the first church. Rather than fill those gaps with an inferred parent parish or building dates, the reliable historical framework is the establishment of the parish in 1987 and the continued life of an independent community under the patronage of Saint Andrew Kim Taegon.
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St. Andrew Kim Taegon Church: history and architecture
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