The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pyongyang is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in North Korea. Its last official bishop, Francis Hong Yong-ho, was imprisoned 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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