SHUNSEN [CHUNCHEON], APOSTOLIC PREFECTURE OF. - It is located in the central-eastern part of Korea and covers an area of 26,265 sq km, with a population of 1,200,000 inhabitants, of whom 8,618 are Catholics, with 396 catechumens; 15,000 Protestants; 1,175,986 pagans.

The history of the evangelization of this mission is intertwined with that of the apostolic vicariate of Seoul, from which it was detached on 25 April 1939 and entrusted to the Society of St. Columban for the Chinese Missions. By decree of Propaganda Fide dated 12 July 1950 it changed its ancient name of S. to that of Chun-Chon. According to the statistical prospectus for 1951-52 the spiritual state of this circumscription is as follows: 18 priests, of whom 12 are missionaries of St. Columban and 6 are Korean priests; 3 sisters of St. Paul of Chartres; 5 major and 2 minor seminarians; 7 catechists; 1 elementary school; 3 middle schools; 1 orphanage; 12 sacred buildings; 14 quasi-parishes; 65 secondary stations.

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BIBL.: [Dalmen], Le catholicisme en Corée, Hong-Kong 1924; AAS, 31 (1939), pp. 295-96; MC, 1950, pp. 396-97; Arch. della S. Congr. di Propaganda Fide, Prospectus status missionis 1951-52, pos. prot. n. 3457/52.

Edoardo Pecoraro

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