Andrew Yeom Soo-young

Andrew Cardinal Yeom Soo-young (2014)

Cardinal Yeom's coat of arms

Andrew Cardinal Yeom Soo-jung ( Korean : 염수정 ; * December 5, 1943 in Anseong , today's South Korea ) is a South Korean clergyman and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Seoul .

Life

Andrew Yeom Soo-jung received the sacrament of ordination for the Archbishopric of Seoul on December 8, 1973 through the Archbishop of Seoul, Stephen Cardinal Kim Sou-hwan .

On 1 December 2001 appointed him Pope John Paul II. To the titular of Thibiuca and auxiliary bishop in Seoul. The Archbishop of Seoul, Nicholas Cardinal Cheong Jin-suk , donated him episcopal ordination on January 25, 2002 ; Co- consecrators were the Archbishop of Gwangju , Andreas Choi Chang-mou , and Bishop of Chuncheon , John Chang-yik . On May 10, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him . to the Archbishop of Seoul. The inauguration took place on June 25 of the same year.

In the solemn consistory of February 22, 2014, Pope Francis accepted him as a cardinal priest with the titular church of San Crisogono in the college of cardinals .

Yeom is also the Apostolic Administrator of Pyongyang . On May 21, 2014, he was the first cardinal to visit North Korea when he and five other Catholic priests traveled to the industrial region of Kaesng.

Memberships

Cardinal Soo-jung is a member of the following units of the Roman Curia :

• Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (since 2014)
• Congregation for the Clergy (since 2014)

Web links

• Entry for Andrew Yeom Soo-jung on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

1. ^ Nomina di Ausiliari di Seoul (Corea). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , December 12, 2001, accessed February 4, 2017 (Italian). 
2. ^ Rinuncia dell'arcivescovo di Seoul (Corea) e nomina del successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, accessed February 4, 2017 (Italian). 
3. ^ Concistori ordinario pubblico per la creazione dei nuovi Cardinali: Assegnazione dei Titoli o delle Diaconie ai nuovi Porporati. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, February 22, 2014, accessed February 4, 2017 (Italian). 
4. ↑ Cardinal Yeom visits Kaesong Industrial Park today. KBS World , May 21, 2014, accessed February 4, 2017 . 
5. ^ ^{A b} Nomina di Cardinali Membri dei Dicasteri e degli organismi della Curia Romana. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, May 22, 2014, accessed February 4, 2017 (Italian). 

predecessor	Office	successor
Nicholas Cardinal Cheong Jin-suk	Archbishop of Seoul since 2012	...

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Yeom is the family name here, Andrew Soo-young is the first name.