🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea · Roman Catholic · 1898 Closed now

Myeongdong Cathedral

Myeongdong Cathedral, completed in 1898, is the seat of the Archdiocese of Seoul and the symbolic home of Catholicism in Korea, built on ground linked to the country's early martyrs. Its red-brick Gothic Revival tower is a Seoul landmark, and in the 1980s the cathedral became a sanctuary for the pro-democracy movement.

Annual visitors: ≈ 900,000
Location: 37.5633, 126.9872
Local time: 07:35 (Asia/Seoul)

🕘 Visiting hours

Mon–Sat	09:00–21:00
Sun	07:00–21:00

✨ Saints & blessed venerated here

Saint Andrew Kim Taegon Saint

Korea's first native Catholic priest and martyr

Care & donations

Managed by the local diocese / parish of Seoul

The candle wall

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Local time
07:35

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