Peter Chung Soon-taek

Peter Chung Soon-taek OCD ( kor. 정순택 , born August 5, 1961 in Daegu , Gyeongsangbuk-do , South Korea ) is auxiliary bishop in Seoul .

Life

Peter Chung Soon-taek studied chemical engineering at Seoul National University from 1983 to 1986 . From 1986 to 1992 he studied Catholic theology and philosophy at the Catholic University of Korea in Seoul . Then joined Chung of the religious order of the Discalced Carmelites in and put on 25 January 1992, the eternal vows from. He received on 16 July 1992, the sacrament of Holy Orders .

From 1993 to 1997 Peter Chung Soon-taek was a novice master . In 1999 he was sent to Rome for further studies . Chung graduated from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in 2004 with a degree in Biblical Exegesis . From 2005 to 2008 he was the Definitor of the Korean Discalced Carmelite Province . In 2009 Peter Chung Soon-taek became General Definitor.

On December 30, 2013 it appointed Pope Francis to the titular bishop of Tamazuca and ordered him auxiliary bishop in Seoul. The Archbishop of Seoul, Andrew Yeom Soo-jung , donated him and Timothy Yu Gyoung-chon episcopal ordination on February 5, 2014 ; Co-consecrators were the auxiliary bishop in Seoul, Basil Cho Kyu-man , and the auxiliary bishop in Suwon , Linus Lee Seong-hyo .

Web links

• Entry on Peter Chung Soon-taek on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

1. ^ Nomina di Ausiliari per l'arcidiocesi di Seoul (Corea) , in: Holy See Press Office : Daily Bulletin of December 30, 2013.

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Chung is the family name here, Peter Soon-taek is the first name.