About this place
Bongwol Mission Station belongs to Yochon Parish of the Catholic Diocese of Jeonju and serves as a small pastoral center linking a rural Catholic community in Gimje with its parish. Both the current diocesan list of mission stations and the Korean Catholic Encyclopedia identify Bongwol as a mission station under Yochon Parish. It helps Catholics living away from the parish church maintain a sense of community and remain connected with the parish's pastoral and sacramental life.
Bongwol reflects the traditional mission-station structure that links an urban or town parish with surrounding rural communities. Unlike an independent parish, a mission station remains within the pastoral jurisdiction of its parish while preserving the memory and relationships of a village Catholic community. Bongwol has continued in this way within the network of Yochon Parish, supporting local Catholic life over a long period.
History & origins
The Korean Catholic directory records 1939 as the year in which Bongwol Mission Station was established. As Yochon Parish was taking shape as a parish community in the Gimje area during the 1930s, mission stations were also formed for Catholics in surrounding rural districts, and Bongwol became part of that network. Publicly available sources do not provide enough detail about the earliest building or the individuals who led its establishment, so a more specific foundation narrative cannot be stated reliably.
Bongwol continued thereafter as a mission station under Yochon Parish. The current diocesan list preserves the same affiliation, showing that a village community established in the first half of the twentieth century has retained its name and place within today's parish structure.
The historical significance of Bongwol lies less in a single dramatic event than in the long continuity of a small mission community. Its sustained role in linking a rural Catholic population of Gimje with the parish over many decades illustrates the importance of mission stations in the transmission of local Catholic faith.
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Building information
- Passenger elevators: 0
- 1 above-ground floors · 0 below-ground floors
- Approved for use in 1963
- Total floor area: 116㎡
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- 한국천주교주교회의 온라인 주소록
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