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Hwaseongdae Catholic Church is an Air Force parish of the Military Ordinariate of Korea in Gwonseon-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do. The ordinariate's Air Force parish list and the Korean Catholic Directory confirm its address at 409 Jeongjo-ro and its Air Force affiliation, while the directory names Saint Andrew Kim Taegon as its patron. Military Ordinariate personnel records identify it as the church of the 10th Fighter Wing.
The parish is a military Catholic community that helps members of the 10th Fighter Wing continue their life of Mass and the sacraments within the unit. It sustains faith formation and community life in a setting shaped by an air base's work structure and personnel rotations, serving as a pastoral center where service members can continue practicing the Catholic faith during their military service.
History & origins
The Korean Catholic Directory records June 1, 1953, as the establishment date of Hwaseongdae parish. Read together with the Korean Catholic Encyclopedia's account that the military chaplaincy system in the Korean armed forces began in earnest in 1951, this places Hwaseongdae among the Air Force parishes founded in the early period of Catholic military ministry in Korea.
A 2018 record of the Military Ordinary's activities includes a visit to Hwaseongdae Catholic Church, and the 2025 Military Ordinariate clergy appointments again list the pastorate of Hwaseongdae as a separate post. The combination of a foundation record from the early 1950s and more recent Church records shows that the parish, which began during the formative period of the military chaplaincy system, has continued for a long period as an independent pastoral unit.
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