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Apgujeong-dong Parish belongs to the 11th Gangnam District of the Archdiocese of Seoul and is a parish in which Catholics in the Apgujeong and Sinsa area continue community life centered on the Mass and the sacraments. The Archdiocese of Seoul directory records the Sacred Heart of Jesus as the parish’s patronal dedication.
The parish has its background in a Catholic community formed while the Gangnam area was rapidly being transformed into a major residential district. Today Apgujeong-dong Parish remains a local parish sustaining the ordinary liturgical and faith life of Catholics in one of Seoul’s prominent urban residential areas, illustrating one form of Catholic community that developed alongside the growth of Gangnam.
History & origins
The formation of Apgujeong-dong Parish began as the Catholic population of the area increased amid the development of Gangnam and the construction of large apartment complexes in the 1970s. The Korean Catholic Encyclopedia describes how local Catholics organized a community in 1978 and began celebrating Mass in a temporary chapel. At first, the growing community remained within the territory of Cheongdam Parish.
As the community expanded, it was established as an independent parish on May 31, 1979. The new parish continued preparations to secure a permanent church site, obtained land in 1980, and began construction in July 1981. This was the process by which a community newly formed amid Gangnam’s rapid residential development moved beyond a temporary chapel toward a permanent church.
Construction continued for about a year, and the church was completed and dedicated in June 1982. The early history of Apgujeong-dong Parish clearly shows a Catholic community forming rapidly alongside the urban development of Gangnam and developing from temporary worship space into an independent parish with its own church. The foundation of the present parish was laid in this concentrated formative period from 1978 to 1982.
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Apgujeong-dong Catholic Church: history and architecture
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