About this place
Sandong Mission Station is a Catholic mission community in Sandong-myeon, Gurye County, belonging to Gurye Parish in the Archdiocese of Gwangju. The archdiocese records its establishment on June 12, 2007 and identifies Sandong-myeon as its pastoral area.
A Korean Catholic gongso, or mission station, is a local community smaller than an independent parish, where Catholics gather for prayer and liturgical life under the pastoral care of a mother parish. Sandong provides a local point of connection for Catholics living in the Jirisan foothills away from the parish center.
The place is therefore best understood not as an independent parish church with a resident priest, but as a prayer place and faith community linking the Catholics of Sandong-myeon with Gurye Parish. Its continuing role since 2007 is central to the meaning of the site.
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Building information
- Passenger elevators: 0
- 2 above-ground floors · 0 below-ground floors
- Approved for use in 2009
- Total floor area: 394㎡
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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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