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Wangsimni Catholic Church is a parish of the Archdiocese of Seoul’s 8th Seongdong-Gwangjin District, located at 21 Muhak-ro 10-gil, Seongdong-gu. The current Catholic directory lists the Sacred Heart of Jesus as its patron and notes the participation of the Missionary Benedictine Sisters of Tutzing in the parish apostolate.
It is one of the long-established Catholic communities serving the Wangsimni area of Seongdong-gu, providing Mass, the sacraments, catechesis, and parish community life. Formed from Sindang-dong Parish amid the growth of eastern Seoul in the late 1950s, it later also became a mother parish as new communities were created in surrounding neighborhoods.
History & origins
The Wangsimni Catholic community began in the spring of 1959 as a new mission center under Sindang-dong Parish. The Catholic Encyclopedia of Korea records that, with support from the Columban Fathers, a house owned by the Korea Electric Power Corporation was purchased for the Wangsimni mission station, around which about 29 households and roughly 100 Catholics formed the initial community.
Wangsimni Parish was formally established on November 16, 1959. A mission station was also opened in the Ttukseom area the following year as Catholic communities expanded across the parish territory, and a new church at the present site was completed in 1961.
In 1961 the Sacred Heart of Jesus was designated as the parish patron, giving the community a lasting identity. The rapid transition from mission station to an independent parish with its own church reflects the growth of eastern Seoul during this period.
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Wangsimni Catholic Church: history and architecture
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Building information
- Passenger elevators: 0
- 4 above-ground floors · 0 below-ground floors
- Approved for use in 2003
- Total floor area: 341㎡
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