대림동 성당

History & origins

The Daerim Catholic community traces its origin to 1967, when the Salesians built a monastery church in what was then the Sindorim area and nearby Catholics began attending Mass there. As their number increased, Daerim Mission Station was opened under Dorim-dong Parish on January 1, 1971. The community continued to grow and was elevated to an independent parish on May 25, 1976.

A church site had been purchased in March 1976, and construction of the new church began on September 30. Mass began to be celebrated at the new site while construction was still underway, and on September 16, 1978, the new church was dedicated by Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan. Continued growth later led to the establishment of Daerim 3-dong Parish in 2010.