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Sinsa-dong Catholic Church is a parish in the Eunpyeong area of the Archdiocese of Seoul, serving Catholics in Sinsa-dong and neighboring communities of Eunpyeong-gu. It was established in 1998 by separating territory from Susaek, Eungam-dong, and Yeokchon-dong parishes, and its patronal dedication is to the Twelve Apostles. Located on Eunpyeong-ro, the church supports local Catholics through Mass, the sacraments, catechesis, small communities, devotional groups, and service.
The parish was created to gather Sinsa-dong Catholics who had previously belonged to three separate mother parishes into one community based on their shared living area. After diocesan approval, land was secured and the first Mass was celebrated in the autumn of 1998; the community later worshiped in temporary quarters before dedicating an independent church in 2003. Sinsa-dong Parish was therefore not merely an administrative subdivision but the formation of one local community from Catholics previously scattered among neighboring parishes. Its patronage of the Twelve Apostles is especially fitting for a parish born by gathering different groups into one body and sending them to live and share the Gospel together.
History & origins
Sinsa-dong Catholic Church was established in September 1998 from parts of Susaek, Eungam-dong, and Yeokchon-dong parishes. A Seoul Archdiocese weekly bulletin notes that, before the new parish was formed, Catholics in Sinsa-dong maintained their registrations in those three neighboring parishes. The official history of Susaek Parish records the separation of Sinsa-dong Parish on September 25, 1998. The new parish was therefore a pastoral response to population growth and expanding residential neighborhoods in Eunpyeong, bringing Catholics of one living area into a community closer to home.
After diocesan approval, the community obtained a site and celebrated its first Mass in October 1998 in a temporary setting. A permanent church was not immediately available. From January 2001, while construction was under way, Mass was celebrated in a basement temporary church in Sinsa-dong. Parishioners sustained liturgy, catechesis, and community activities there while preparing the permanent building. This period makes clear that the parish existed first as a community of people and only later acquired its finished church.
After preparation and construction, the church was dedicated in August 2003, giving Sinsa-dong Parish a stable pastoral base. It became the center for the worship, education, fellowship, and service of a community dedicated to the Twelve Apostles. The parish's history is the story of Catholics previously divided among Susaek, Eungam-dong, and Yeokchon-dong being gathered into one parish and then moving from a first Mass and temporary worship space to a permanent church. That experience of building community and place together remains a foundational memory, and the parish continues its original purpose of neighborhood-centered pastoral care in a changing Eunpyeong residential area.
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Building information
- Passenger elevators: 1
- 6 above-ground floors · 2 below-ground floors
- Approved for use in 2002
- Total floor area: 3,096㎡
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