Diocese of Pyongyang

The diocese of Pyongyang , in North Korea, was canonically set up the March 10th 1962 by the pope Jean XXIII. It had been set up before in apostolic Préfecture in 1927 then in apostolic Vicariat in 1939. Its bishop is Mgr Francis Hong Yong-Ho, born in 1906 missing and reported. He sat at the Cathédrale Jangchung of Pyongyang.

The number of faithful catholics in this diocese is estimated at 800 by the Vatican and 3.000 by the local government. The census are impossible to currently carry out, as in China. The number of parishes is officially unknown. The first three apostolic prefects were of Irish origin.

The last episcopal nomination was made in 1944, and the North Korea needs a new bishop diocesan. One knows however that there were twenty priests diocesans in this country in 1963, like 59 nuns. There is also a territorial Abbaye bénédictine of Tokwon.

In 1998, the auxiliary bishop of Seoul could go in the metropolis of Pyongyang. Caritas Internationalis, a charitable company, has access to the places. In 2004, two priests called Matthew Hwang and Nicholas Cheong would have attended the places as vicar and administrator diocesan. In the facts, no priest can freely exert his ministry.

The number of Protestants is officially estimated at 12.000, which is much more numerous than the catholics. It also commuanuté one there Buddhist. The remainder of the population is officially atheistic (see Kim Jong-il).

In 2007, a lawsuit in beatification is open for 53 dead martyrs of 1949 to 1952 in the concentration camps of Kim It-sung.

Bishops

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