About this place
Samdo Mission Station is a Catholic mission community in Dodeok-dong, Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju, belonging to Seonam-dong Parish in the Archdiocese of Gwangju. The archdiocese records its establishment on January 1, 1956 and identifies the Samdo-dong area of Gwangsan-gu as its pastoral territory.
The 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 their mother parish. Its long continuity on the outskirts of Gwangju reflects the role of a gongso in keeping local Catholics connected as a community.
The place is therefore best understood not as an independent parish church with a resident priest, but as a local prayer place and faith community linking Catholics in Samdo-dong with Seonam-dong Parish. Its continuity since the 1950s is central to the meaning of the site.
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- Passenger elevators: 0
- 1 above-ground floors · 0 below-ground floors
- Total floor area: 249㎡
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- 한국천주교주교회의 온라인 주소록
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Gwangju Archdiocese (Archdiocese of Gwangju)
Official website: https://www.gjcatholic.or.kr/
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