Kiristanci (Korean: 그리스도교; MR: Kurisudogyo) ya zama sananne sosai a arewacin Koriya daga ƙarshen karni na 18 zuwa karni na 19. 'Yan mishan Katolika na farko sun isa a shekara ta 1794, shekaru goma bayan dawowar Yi Sung-hun, wani jami'in diflomasiyya wanda shi ne dan Koriya na farko da aka yi masa baftisma a Beijing. Ya kafa ƙungiya ta Katolika a cikin tsibirin. Duk da haka, rubuce-rubucen mishan na Jesuit Matteo Ricci, wanda ke zaune a kotun sarki a Beijing, an riga an kawo shi zuwa Koriya daga China a karni na 17. Malaman Silhak ("Kwarewa na Kwarewa"), sun janyo hankalin koyarwar Katolika, kuma wannan shine babban abin da ya haifar da yaduwar addinin Katolika a cikin shekarun 1790.
ƙarshen karni na 18 zuwa karni na 19