A Chinese-Irish Church in Gwangju

Bukdong Catholic Church in Gwangju, designed by Chinese Catholic and church builder Joseph Ka at the request of Bishop Thomas Quinlan of the Missionary Society of St. Columban. The church was completed in 1937.

This entry was written by Robert Koehler, posted on January 9, 2008 at 8:27 pm, filed under Asides, Photos of Korea. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

2 Comments

  1. craig your flag
    Posted January 13, 2008 at 9:51 pm | Permalink

    I lived in gwangju for six years, and often took a walk by the church. The Church sits in the middle of gwangju at the base of hill. Up the hill there is a small foreigner cemetery next to the chirstian college at sits on the hill also.

  2. craig your flag
    Posted January 13, 2008 at 10:03 pm | Permalink

    then again the name doesn’t match a naver mapping search and a reference check of the location i was thinking of…. so what do i know…

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