정릉동 성당

History & origins

Jeongneung-dong Parish began in September 1968 when it was separated from Mia-ri Parish, now Gireum-dong Parish. The early community celebrated Mass in a temporary setting that included a tent and a modest concrete-block chapel of about forty pyeong while establishing the foundations of parish life.

Construction of a permanent church began in 1972, and in September 1973 the newly built church was inaugurated in a liturgy presided over by Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan. The parish, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, thus established a more stable Catholic presence in the Jeongneung area.

In the 1990s the parish pursued plans to relocate and build a larger church to accommodate growing membership. The plan changed, however, as the archdiocese emphasized smaller parish communities. In 2001 Jeongneung 4-dong Parish was separated, dividing pastoral responsibility into more localized communities within the Jeongneung area.