set up on June 30, 1988. Samuel Chang Jae-on has been its president since its establishment. The association published a catechism and a prayer book in 1991. Ordinaries Prefect Apostolic of Hpyeng-yang (Peng-yang) Patrick James Byrne (1927–1929) John Edward Morris (1930–1936) William R. Booth (1936–1939; apostolic administrator) Vicars Apostolic of Heijō (Pyongyang) William O'Shea (1939–1942) Paul Roh Ki-nam (1942–1943; apostolic administrator) Francis Hong Yong-ho (1943–1950, imprisoned 1949; later disappeared, death acknowledged in June 2013) George Carroll (1950–1962; apostolic administrator) Bishops of Pyongyang George Carroll (1962–1975; apostolic administrator) Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan (1975–1998; apostolic administrator) Cardinal Nicolas Cheong Jin-Suk (1998–2012; apostolic administrator) Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung (2012–2021; apostolic administrator) Peter Chung Soon-taick (2021–present; apostolic administrator) References http://directory.ucanews.com/dioceses/korea-pyongyang/342 Pyongyang Christian organizations established in 1927 Roman Catholic dioceses in North Korea Culture in Pyongyang 1927 establishments in Korea Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Seoul