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History & origins

The Taejeon area had been identified by the Archdiocese of Daegu as a future pastoral center even before a parish was formally established there. In 1983, the Catholic Times reported on the Archdiocese’s church-building plans for the bicentennial of the Korean Catholic Church and listed Taejeon among the areas where a parish and church would eventually be needed. This did not mean that a parish was established immediately; rather, it is evidence that population growth and pastoral demand in Taejeon were already recognized at the diocesan level.

According to the Archdiocese’s current official information, Taejeon Parish was established on September 6, 1994. The pastoral need identified in the early 1980s continued to grow with urban expansion and was finally given concrete form as an independent parish community in the 1990s. Saint Peter the Apostle was chosen as its patron.

In September 2019, a Mass of thanksgiving for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the parish and Confirmation were celebrated. This official diocesan record shows that Taejeon had become an established local Catholic community over a generation. Its history can therefore be understood as a progression from a pastoral need already visible in the 1980s, to formal parish establishment in 1994, and then to a mature community marking its twenty-fifth anniversary.