Archdiocese of Seoul

ARCHDIOCESE OF SEOUL (Archidioecesis Seulensis)

Country: South Korea
Denomination: Roman Catholic

Established: 1831 as Apostolic Vicariate of Corea
Renamed 1911 to Apostolic Vicariate of Seoul
Elevated to Archdiocese in 1962

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Arms of Vicars

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Barthélemy Bruguière (1831-1835)
Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert (1836-1839)
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Jean-Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Ferréol (1843-1853)
Siméon-François Berneux (1854-1866)
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Antoine-Marie-Nicolas Daveluy (1866-1866)
Félix-Clair Ridel (1869-1884)
Marie-Jean-Gustave Blanc (1884-1890)
Gustave-Charles-Marie Mutel (1890-1933)
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Adrien-Joseph Larribeau (1933-1942)

Arms of Bishops

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Paul Marie Kinam Ro (1962-1967)
Stephen Kim Sou-hwan (1968-1998)
Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk (1998-2012)
Andrew Yeom Soo-jung (2012-present)

Arms of Auxiliary bishops

Peter Chung Soon-taek (2013-present)
Timothy Yu Gyoung-chon (2013-present)
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Benedictus Son Hee-Song (2015-present)
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Job Koo Yobi (2017-present)

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