Sanjong-Dong Church [산정동 성당]

GwangJu was estabilished as an archdiocese,its cathedral parish was located as SanJong-Dong in MokPo,on a hill overlooking the port.
During the korean war(1950-1953) three missionary priests were captured here by north korean soldiers and later executed,presumbly at Mok-Dong Convent in TaeJeon.
They were the perfect apostolic of GwangJu,monsignor Patrict Brennan and two Irish priests,Father Thomas Cussack,Pastor of Sanjong-Dong parish and the assistant Pastor,Father John O'Brien

KokSung [곡 성]

The incident related here took place at a site close to the present catholic parish of KokSung in south Jeolla province.
In 1827,a feast was hled to celebrate the opening of a new pottery kiln at TangGoGae(hilltop).

Some 240 catholics were held captive in a prison at JeonJu. Among them ,many were martyred including Andrew Kim Do-Myung  and Jung Dae-Dong .

KangJin [강 진]

John Baptist Jung Yak-yong was a member of the KangHakHoe(Study group) which estabilished the catholic Church in 1779. He also was known as the distinguished SilHak Scholar
In 1801,The scholar was forced into exile in here.
He stayed here in KangJin for 18 years shut off from the world.