Yakhyeon Catholic Church (약현성당) is historic church of the
Jungnim-dong
Jungnim-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of Jung-gu in Seoul, South Korea.
Attractions
* Yakhyeon Catholic Church (약현성당 藥峴聖堂)
* Son Gi-jeong Park
Transportation
* Chungjeongno Station of
See also
*Administrative divi ...
,
Jung District,
Seoul
Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the Capital city, capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the North Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea ...
. The parish is a part of the
Archdiocese of Seoul
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Seoul ( Latin: ''Archidioecesis Metropolitae Seulensis'', ko, 서울대교구) is a Metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church comprising the metropolitan area of Seoul ...
. The official name is ''church of St. Joseph''.
History
The church was established in 1892 by the French Catholic missionary Fr. Eugene Jean Georges Coste of the
Society of Foreign Missions of Paris, as a result of Korea gaining religious freedom in 1886.
It was the first Catholic church to be established in the city, and it was the first Gothic-style church in Korea.
The building is registered as an
Historic Site of South Korea, number 252, designated in 1977. The building measures 12 by 32 meters and the bell tower is 26 meters tall. The structure was damaged by an arson attack in 1998 and was restored in 1999.
References
External links
Yakhyeon Catholic Church Official Website(Korean)
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Jung District, Seoul
Churches in Seoul
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1892
19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in South Korea
1892 establishments in Korea