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About this place
Sindong Catholic Church is a parish of the Catholic Diocese of Jeonju serving the Catholic community in and around Sindong, Iksan. According to the diocese’s official parish information, it operates as an independent parish and has St. Peter Yi Myeong-seo as its patron saint. The church is the central place where local Catholics participate in Mass and the sacraments, pray, and sustain parish community life.
Sindong lies within an urban part of Iksan where residential neighborhoods and university areas meet. The parish provides a continuing foundation for Catholic life in this part of the city and functions not merely as a liturgical building but as a place that connects members of the local Catholic community. Because the available official sources focus mainly on the parish’s present status and its establishment, no unsupported descriptions of local activities or significance have been added.
History & origins
Official records of the Catholic Diocese of Jeonju state that Sindong Parish was established on January 22, 1986. As Iksan’s urban area and Catholic population grew, a separate parish structure was created, and an independent pastoral community developed around Sindong.
The parish’s patron is St. Peter Yi Myeong-seo, one of the canonized Korean martyrs. By placing the parish under his patronage, the community has kept the witness of the martyrs within its spiritual identity. Current diocesan sources clearly provide the establishment date, patron saint, and parish territory, but they do not offer enough official detail to reconstruct the early building process or a year-by-year chronology.
For that reason, the history of Sindong Catholic Church is best stated within the securely documented limits: an independent parish community was established in 1986 to serve the Sindong area of Iksan and has continued from that foundation to the present.
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Building information
- Passenger elevators: 0
- 3 above-ground floors · 1 below-ground floors
- Approved for use in 1977
- Total floor area: 1,166㎡
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Jeonju Diocese (Diocese of Jeonju)
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