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Jangan-dong Catholic Church is a parish of the Seoul Archdiocese at 59 Dapsimni-ro 65-gil, Dongdaemun-gu, dedicated to the Korean Martyrs. It was separated from Jeonnong-dong Parish as the Jangan area rapidly changed from farmland into a residential district and the Catholic population increased in the 1970s.
The present parish is centered on a church that was built in stages on land secured around the time of its foundation. Its history as a community shaped by urban growth, together with its devotion to the Korean Martyrs, gives the parish a distinctive identity as a local center of worship, catechesis, and community life.
History & origins
As population and Catholic numbers increased in Jangan-dong, the Seoul Archdiocese purchased the present church site in 1974 in preparation for separating a new parish from Jeonnong-dong. Jangan-dong Parish was formally established on August 18, 1978, and its first Mass was celebrated on September 9 in a temporary chapel on the second floor of a parishioner's building.
Groundbreaking for a permanent church took place on September 27, 1978. Because of financial constraints, construction proceeded in two stages: the basement and first floor were completed in 1979, and a second phase began in 1981 and was completed that autumn.
The finished church was dedicated on September 27, 1982 with Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan presiding. Additional facilities, including a priest's residence and convent, were later developed, helping the parish become an established Catholic community in Jangan-dong.
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Jangan-dong Catholic Church: history and architecture
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Building information
- Passenger elevators: 1
- 3 above-ground floors · 1 below-ground floors
- Approved for use in 1980
- Total floor area: 2,356㎡
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