Roman Catholic Diocese of Jeonju

Diocese of Jeonju Dioecesis Ieoniuensis 전주교구
Location
Country	South Korea
Territory	North Jeolla
Ecclesiastical province	Gwangju
Metropolitan	Gwangju
Statistics
Area	8,067 km2 (3,115 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2017) 1,854,607 201,690 (11.1%)
Parishes	96
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	13 April 1937 (87 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Jeonju
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	John Kim Son-tae
Metropolitan Archbishop	Simon Ok Hyun-jin
Bishops emeritus	Vincent Ri Pyung-ho
Map
Website
jcatholic.or.kr

The Diocese of Jeonju (Latin: Dioecesis Ieoniuensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in South Korea. It is in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Gwangju, yet depends on the missionary Dicastery for Evangelization.

Its cathedra is in the Joongang Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in the episcopal see of Jeonju 전주시, Jeollabuk-do 전라북도. It also has a former cathedral, now Jeondong Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in Jeonju. Both are named for the Sacred Heart of Jesus.^[1]