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About this place
Sincheon-dong Parish belongs to the 10th Songpa District of the Archdiocese of Seoul. It is the local Catholic community in which Catholics in Sincheon-dong and the wider Jamsil area continue their life of faith centered on the Mass and the sacraments, and it is currently listed as a parish in the archdiocesan Catholic directory. Its patron saint is St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon, one of the representative martyrs of the Catholic Church in Korea.
A distinctive feature of Sincheon-dong Parish today is that it has long remained rooted in the Songpa area, a part of Seoul shaped by large-scale urban development. For visitors, it is best understood not simply as a church building but as a living Catholic community of the Archdiocese of Seoul where local faithful share liturgy, the sacraments, prayer, and communal life.
History & origins
The roots of Sincheon-dong Parish lie in the Catholic community that formed as the Jamsil area was developed and its population grew during the 1970s. According to Archdiocese of Seoul materials, after missionary footholds in the area and the Jamsil parish community had expanded, a new parish was separated from Jamsil Catholic Church in May 1981 under the name “Dongjamsil Parish.” The community was recorded as having 1,544 faithful at its establishment, reflecting the rapid growth of both the new urban district and the parish.
After becoming an independent parish, the community continued the work of securing its own church. In October 1985, a blessing Mass for the church was celebrated by Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan. This marked an important stage in the community’s transition from its early provisional period to a parish firmly rooted in the neighborhood.
From 1998 the parish began using the name “Sincheon-dong Parish,” reflecting changes in the local name and living area. Its path from a Catholic community formed during the development of Jamsil, through Dongjamsil Parish, to the present Sincheon-dong Parish illustrates the history of a parish that grew and settled alongside the urban expansion of southeastern Seoul.
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Building information
- Passenger elevators: 1
- 3 above-ground floors · 1 below-ground floors
- Approved for use in 1985
- Total floor area: 3,408㎡
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