Diocese of Incheon
Dioecesis Inchonensis
인천교구
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Cathedral of St. Paul
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| Location | |
| Country |  South Korea |
| Territory | Incheon, part of Gyeonggi |
| Ecclesiastical province | Seoul |
| Metropolitan | Seoul |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,099 km2 (424 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2017) 4,391,587 521,690 (11.9%) |
| Parishes | 128 |
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| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 6 June 1961 (63 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St Paul in Incheon |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | John Baptist Jung Shin-chul |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Andrew Yeom Soo-jung |
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| Website | |
| caincheon.or.kr | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Incheon (Latin: Dioecesis Inchonensis) is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church located in Incheon, South Korea. The diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Seoul.
On 6 June 1961 Pope John XXIII erected as an Apostolic Vicariate of Incheon. It was elevated to a diocese the next year on 10 March. The seat is Dapdong Cathedral.[1][2]
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37°27′00″N 126°43′01″E / 37.4500°N 126.7170°E / 37.4500; 126.7170
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