Catholic Church in South Korea

Catholic Church in South Korea
Korean: 한국의 가톨릭 교회
Cathedral Church of Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception
Type	National polity
Classification	Catholic
Orientation	Asian Christianity, Latin
Scripture	Bible
Theology	Catholic theology
Governance	Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea
Pope	Francis
President	Matthias Ri Iong-hoon
Apostolic Nuncio	Alfred Xuereb
Region	South Korea
Language	Ecclesiastical Latin, Korean
Headquarters	Seoul
Origin	27 December 1593
Other name(s)	天主教 ("Religion of the Lord of Heaven")
Official website	english.cbck.or.kr

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The Catholic Church in South Korea (called Cheonjugyo, Korean: 천주교; Hanja: 天主教; lit. Religion of the Lord of Heaven) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.

In 2020, it had 5,841,000 members (11.28% of the population) with almost 5,000 priests and 9,000 nuns serving across 1,842 parishes.^[1]