Roman Catholic Diocese of Daejeon

Diocese of Daejeon Dioecesis Taeieonensis 대전 교구
Location
Country	South Korea
Ecclesiastical province	Seoul
Metropolitan	Seoul
Statistics
Area
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 3,435,088 221,711 (6.5%)
Parishes	107
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	23 June 1958 (66 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker in Daejeon
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Lazarus You Heung-sik
Metropolitan Archbishop	Andrew Yeom Soo-jung
Auxiliary Bishops	Augustinus Kim Jong Soo
Emeritus Bishops	Joseph Kyeong Kap-ryong Bishop Emeritus (1984-2005)
Map
File:Diocese of Daejeon.svg
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Taejon (Latin: Dioecesis Taeieonensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic church in South Korea. It is the diocese for Daejeon, South Korea. Nazarius Heung-sik Yoo is its bishop; Augustinus Kim Jong Soo is the auxiliary bishop.

Pope Francis has accepted an invitation extended by the South Korean authorities and Bishops to visit the Roman Catholic Diocese of Daejeon for the celebration of the Diocese's Youth Day (not to be confused with the World Youth Day celebration, a similar type of Catholic event, but on a global scale and held every three years in a certain city; smaller-level diocesan celebrations like this one are observed in the interim years during the same period all over the world).

History

On 23 June 1958 Pope Pius XII erected the Apostolic vicariate of Daejeon. The vicariate was raised to be a diocese on 10 March 1962 by Pope John XXIII.

Ordinaries

• Adrien-Joseph Larribeau (1958-1965)
• Peter Hoang Min Syeng (1965-1984)
• Joseph Kyeong Kap-ryong (1984-2005)
• Lazzaro You Heung-sik (2005–present)

Auxiliary Bishops

• Augustinus Kim Jong Soo (2009–present)