Peter Han Kong-ryel

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Peter Han Kong-ryel (Korean: 한공 렬 베드로; * February 3, 1913 in Inchen ; † March 7, 1973 ) was a Korean Roman Catholic Archbishop and Apostolic Vicar .

Life

Han was ordained a priest on June 24, 1939. John XXIII appointed him on January 3, 1961 Vicar Apostolic of Chonju and Titular Bishop of Sagalassus . On March 12, 1961, Krikor consecrated Bedros XV. Agagianian , Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples , made him bishop with the assistance of Pietro Sigismondi , Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, and Leone Giovanni Battista Nigris , former nuncio of Albania. On March 10, 1962, Pope John XXIII. the Apostolic Vicariate to the Diocese of Jeonju . He thus became its first bishop. He attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council . On June 28, 1971, Pope Paul VI appointed him archbishop of Gwangju .

His motto was In Verbo tuo Laxabo rete.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Archbishop Peter Han Kong-ryel. Catholic-Hierarchy, accessed March 16, 2019 .
  2. ^ Diocese of Jeonju 전주, South Korea. Retrieved March 16, 2019 .
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Han is the family name here, Peter Kong-ryel is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Han, Peter Kong-ryel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Korean Roman Catholic Archbishop and Vicar Apostolic
DATE OF BIRTH February 3, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Inches
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 1973