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Naepo Hongbuk Catholic Church is the parish church of Naepo Hongbuk Parish in the Hongseong District of the Diocese of Daejeon, serving the Naepo New Town area of Hongbuk-eup, Hongseong County, Chungcheongnam-do. The official Korean Catholic directory identifies Hongseong Parish as its mother parish. The parish has become a center for a newly formed Catholic community that grew alongside Naepo New Town, where the Chungcheongnam-do provincial government is located.
The parish originally began under the name “Hongbuk,” but its current official name is “Naepo Hongbuk.” The name combines the administrative locality of Hongbuk with the actual living sphere of Naepo New Town and more clearly expresses the identity of the Catholic community that has developed there. The parish has also been distinctive in using space within a commercial building as its pastoral base rather than beginning with a conventional freestanding church building, illustrating how a new parish community first formed within a developing district and then secured the spaces needed for parish life.
History & origins
As Naepo New Town developed and the Chungcheongnam-do provincial government relocated there, the local population increased and an independent pastoral center became necessary for an area previously served by Hongseong Parish. In November 2017, the Diocese of Daejeon established Hongbuk Parish by separating it from Hongseong Parish, and the official directory records November 24, 2017 as the establishment date. Diocesan material states that the new parish began with roughly 400 Catholics and served the Naepo New Town area.
The new parish did not initially have a freestanding church building. According to local reporting, the community began parish life in November 2017 by celebrating Mass in space at an LH apartment complex in Naepo New Town. This illustrates the early stage of a new parish in which a Catholic community formed first and sustained liturgy and pastoral life using available local space.
Around February 2018, the parish moved its base to the sixth floor of the Central New Square building, securing a more stable setting for parish activities. Establishing the church and parish facilities within a commercial building was a practical way of developing pastoral infrastructure step by step in a newly built urban district.
The parish name later changed as well. The official Korean Catholic directory records that on January 17, 2025, the name was changed from “Hongbuk” to “Naepo Hongbuk.” By including not only the administrative locality of Hongbuk but also the name of Naepo New Town, the parish's current name reflects the identity it had developed as a Catholic community serving the new city.
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Building information
- Passenger elevators: 3
- 7 above-ground floors · 1 below-ground floors
- Approved for use in 2016
- Total floor area: 15,577㎡
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