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La Church of Pusan — San Paul Chong Hasng la Santa Cruz
The Diocese of Busan, in the great port of South-East Korea, has its cathedral dedicated to Saint Paul Chong Hasang, a secular Korean martyr, and its historic co-cathedral of Jungang (1962) dedicated to the Holy Cross.
🌹 Wonders and anecdotes
- The Cathedral of Namcheon is named after Saint Paul Chong Hasang, a secular apostle who reorganized the Korean Church after the first persecutions and died martyr in 1839.
- The co-cathedral of Jungang, consecrated in 1962, was the historic cathedral of the diocese, under the sign of the Holy Cross.
- The Korean Church has the uniqueness of being born of laity who took faith to the country before the arrival of the missionaries.
- Like all of Korea, the diocese lives under the patronage of the Immaculate Conception, a national patron since 1841.
Diócesis de Busan
The Catholics of Busan honor a lay martyr and the Cross of the Lord, and pray to the Immaculate, patron of their nation: three loves that sum up the soul of the Korean Church.
"St. Mary, Queen of the martyrs of Korea, pray for us.
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