Tags: Clerical Administrative Region, Diocese.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamhung is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in North Korea. Originally erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Wonsan in 1920 the name has been changed twice once to Kankoensis o Hameungensis in 1940 and finally as the Apostolic Vicariate of Hamhung in 1950. Like the Diocese of Pyongyang the Vicariate was elevated to a full diocese in 1962. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Seoul.
