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About this place
Dongdaemun Catholic Church is a parish of District 4, Jongno, in the Central Seoul Region of the Archdiocese of Seoul, located at 54 Nangye-ro 25-gil in Jongno-gu. The Catholic Church Directory in Korea records its establishment date as January 11, 1972, and lists St. Andrew Kim Taegon, priest and martyr, as its patron.
The parish grew out of a movement by Catholics centered in Sungin-dong to form a new parish. Today it serves Catholics in the eastern Jongno and Dongdaemun area through Mass, the sacraments, catechesis, and parish community life. Devotion to St. Andrew Kim Taegon, Korea's first priest and a martyr, is central to its identity.
History & origins
Dongdaemun Parish took shape when Catholics around Sungin-dong raised funds for a new parish and purchased a building that had belonged to a Presbyterian congregation. The current Catholic Church Directory records January 11, 1972, as the establishment date, while the parish chronicle records that the Archdiocese of Seoul announced the new church on January 28 and that the first pastor arrived on February 10.
The purchased building was remodeled and expanded, and the church was dedicated on March 11, 1973. As the community grew, the earlier building was demolished in 1977 for a new church, which was consecrated by Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan on July 4, 1979. In 1992 the parish established the Pyeonghwa Market mission station, which later developed into Dongdaemun Market Quasi-Parish.
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Building information
- Passenger elevators: 0
- 4 above-ground floors · 1 below-ground floors
- Approved for use in 1982
- Total floor area: 1,665㎡
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