방배4동 성당

History & origins

Bangbae 4-dong Parish was formally established as a new parish of the Archdiocese of Seoul on September 25, 1998. At the time, the community was organized around Bangbae bon-dong, Bangbae 4-dong, and part of Banpo 4-dong, and the current Catholic Church Directory records the same establishment date.

A secondary parish-history source reports that the first Mass was celebrated in a temporary church in August 1998, shortly before the formal establishment, and that an expansion of the church was completed in 2003. Because these building details rely on a secondary source rather than a primary official record, they are kept distinct from the firmly documented parish-establishment date.