Anglican Church of Korea

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Anglican Church of Korea
Anglican church of Korea emblem.jpg
Emblem of the Anglican Church of Korea
Classification Protestant with historically Anglo-Catholic origin
Orientation Anglican
Scripture Holy Bible
Theology Anglican doctrine
Polity Episcopal
Primate Onesimus Dongsin Park
Headquarters Seoul
Territory Korea (North Korea and South Korea)
Members65,000 [1]
Official website anglicankr.church

Diocese of Seoul

The current Diocese of Seoul was founded as the Joseon (Korea) diocese, covering all the Korean peninsula, in 1889. It was split in 1965, to create Taejon diocese, at which point it became Seoul diocese. The current bishop is Elijah Kim JangHwan, an evangelical in a traditionally Anglo-Catholic diocese. [9]

Bishops in Korea

The Bishop in Korea was an Anglican missionary appointment [10] from 1889 [11] to 1965 when the diocese was divided. [12]

TenureIncumbentNotes
1889 to 1905 Charles Corfe (1843–1921)
1905 to 1910 Arthur Turner (1862–1910)
1911 to 1930 Mark Trollope (1862–1930)
1931 to 1954 Cecil Cooper (1882–1964)
1955 to 1965 John Daly (1901–1985) Became first bishop of Daejeon

Bishops of Seoul

Assistant bishops

Diocese of Daejeon

The Diocese of Daejeon is the Anglican Church in that part of South Korea that includes North and South Chungcheong Provinces; North and South Cholla Provinces and South Kangwon. [23] It was erected from the Joseon diocese in 1965 and split in 1974 to erect Busan diocese.

Bishops of Daejeon

Diocese of Busan

Busan diocese was erected from the Diocese of Daejeon in 1974.

Bishops of Busan

Archives

Archive materials of the Anglican Church's Korean Mission are held at the Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham. These include records from 1889 to 1987. [28]

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