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Gunseo Mission Station is a Catholic mission community in Gunseo-myeon, Yeongam County, in the southwestern area of the Archdiocese of Gwangju, and belongs to Dokcheon Parish. The archdiocese's official record gives August 1, 2004 as its establishment date and confirms the same address as the package, with Gunseo-myeon as its pastoral area.
As a relatively recent mission station, Gunseo provides a local community where Catholics in Gunseo-myeon can pray together and continue their life of faith under the pastoral care of Dokcheon Parish. It illustrates the role of a mission station in maintaining communal Catholic life in an area without its own independent parish.
The site is therefore best understood not as an independent pastoral unit like a parish church, but as a local faith community belonging to Dokcheon Parish. Established in the 2000s, it offers a contemporary example of how the Church serves small Catholic communities in rural areas.
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- 한국천주교주교회의 온라인 주소록
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