Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Daegu

The Archdiocese of Daegu (previously known as Taiku or Taegu) is a particular church of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church. The Archbishop of Daegu, whose seat is at Kyesan Cathedral in Daegu, is Metropolitan bishop for the Dioceses of Andong, Cheongju, Masan, and Busan.

Archdiocese of Daegu Archidioecesis Taeguensis 대구 대교구
Gyesan-dong Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes
Location
Country	South Korea
Statistics
Area	9,129 km^2 (3,525 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 4,508,443 458,128 (8.8%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes in Daegu
Co-cathedral	Beomeo Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi
Patron saint	Our Lady of Lourdes St John Yi Yun-il
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Thaddeus Cho Hwan-Kil
Bishops emeritus	Paul Ri Moun-hi
Map
Website
daegu-archdiocese.or.kr

It is the second oldest episcopal see in Korea, erected as an apostolic vicariate on April 8, 1911 from the Apostolic Vicariate of Korea. It was elevated to archdiocesan status on March 10, 1962.[1]

Bishops of Daegu

• Florian Demange (1911–1938)
• Germain Mousset (1938–1942)
• Irenaeus Hayasaka (1942–1946)
• Monsignor Paul Jae-yong Ju (1946–1948)
• Paul Ki-nam Noh (1948)-Apostolic Administrator
• John Deok-hong Choi (1949–1954)
• John Jung-gil Seo (1954–1962)

Archbishops of Daegu

• John Jung-gil Seo (1962–1986)
• Paul Moon-hee Rhee (1986–2007)
• John Choi Young-su (2007–2009)
• Thaddeus Cho Hwan-gil (2010–)

References

1. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Taegu, South Korea". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2009-02-22.

External links

• Daegu Catholic Archdiocese official site