The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pyongyang is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in North Korea. Its last official bishop Francis Hong Yong-ho was imprisoned by the communist regime of Kim Il-sung in 1949 and later disappeared. The Archbishop of Seoul acts as the Apostolic Administrator in Pyongyang as religion is suppressed in North Korea.
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North Korea
Established
Prefecture apostolic on 17 March 1927 Vicariate apostolic on 11 July 1939 Diocese on 10 March 1962
