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Bonghwang Mission Station is a Catholic mission community in Bonghwang-myeon, Naju, belonging to Yeongsanpo Parish in the Archdiocese of Gwangju. Both the archdiocese and the Catholic Church Directory in Korea confirm that it was established on August 15, 2008 and is located at 17 Jukhwang-ro, the same address given in the package.
A Korean Catholic gongso, or mission station, is a local faith community smaller than an independent parish, where Catholics gather for prayer and communal religious life under the pastoral care of a mother parish. Bonghwang serves Catholics across Bonghwang-myeon and keeps them connected with Yeongsanpo Parish.
The site is therefore best understood not as an independent parish church with a resident priest, but as a local prayer place and faith community of Bonghwang-myeon belonging to Yeongsanpo Parish. Its present role as a mission community established in 2008 is central to the meaning of the place.
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- 한국천주교주교회의 온라인 주소록
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