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KO00782.1403 July 28, 2006 59 EM-lines (697 words)

KOREA    Suwon Decentralizes To Boost Lay Participation, Clergy Cooperation

SEOUL (UCAN) The bishop of Suwon has restructured his diocese into six episcopal vicariates so as to promote more lay participation in Church life and greater cooperation among priests in their ministries.

Bishop Paul Choi Deog-ki of Suwon announced at a Mass on July 14 at Jeongja-dong cathedral that the new pastoral system will grant "substantial pastoral power" to the six episcopal vicars to administer their respective districts of the diocese. The diocese is based 30 kilometers south of Seoul.

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