Dongchun-dong Catholic Church

Overview

Dongchundong Church is a church in Dongchun-dong, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon Metropolitan City, belonging to the Yeonsu District of the Incheon Diocese. On February 6, 1995, it was established as the Dongchun-dong Catholic Church of the Incheon Diocese, and its patron is the Queen of Peace. The Incheon Diocese homepage states that its original site was the present Daegun High School site and that it moved to its present location on March 15, 1996.

History

〔Foundation and Relocation〕 The “Major History of the Dongchun-dong Catholic Church” on the Incheon Diocese homepage gives the name as the Dongchun-dong Catholic Church of the Incheon Diocese and the date of establishment as February 6, 1995. Its original location was Dongchun 1-dong 517-1 in Yeonsu-gu, Incheon (now Daegun High School), which it used from February 6, 1995 to March 15, 1996, and since March 15, 1996 it has been at its present location at Dongchun 1-dong 303-1. The establishment date in the directory of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea is also 1995.2.6.

〔Jurisdiction and Membership〕 The diocesan homepage lists the patron as the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Peace. Its jurisdiction consists of the Geonyeong, Daedong, Daerim, Dongnam, Mujigae, Aju, Taepyeong, Pungnim, Hanyang and Hyundai zones and other zones, with 10 zones and 61 sub-groups, and 4,664 faithful. The directory lists the religious community as the Mirinae Sisters of the Holy Heart of Mary, the number of Catholic mission chapels as 0, and the number of faithful as 4,828.

Related Places and People

• Daegun High School: the place where the original site of Dongchundong Church (Dongchun 1-dong 517-1) was located (Incheon Diocese homepage).
• Mirinae Sisters of the Holy Heart of Mary: listed in the directory of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea as the religious community of Dongchundong Church.

References and Sources

1. Incheon Diocese homepage, Dongchun-dong parish guide (history). Establishment in 1995, original site and relocation in 1996, patron, jurisdiction and numbers of zones and sub-groups.
   http://www.caincheon.or.kr/church/church_jigu.do?churchIdx=14013
2. Directory of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea, Dongchun-dong. Establishment date 1995.2.6., affiliation with the Yeonsu District of the Incheon Diocese, patron Queen of Peace, religious community, number of faithful, and number of mission chapels.
   http://directory.cbck.or.kr/m/catholicInfo.asp?code=201000353&gubun=4