Daniel Tji Hak-soun explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Daniel Tji Hak Soun
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wonju
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Roman Catholic Diocese of Wonju
Appointed:March 22, 1965
Predecessor:None
Successor:James Kim Ji-seok
Ordination:December 15, 1952
Consecration:June 29, 1965
Birth Date:September 9, 1921
Birth Place:Chunghwa County, North Hwanghae, Korea, Empire of Japan
Hangul:지학순
Mr:Chi Haksun
Rr:Ji Hak-sun

Daniel Tji Hak Soun (September 9, 1921 – March 12, 1993) was a bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wonju.

Biography

Daniel Tji Hak Soun was ordained a priest on December 15, 1952.

On March 22, 1965, Pope Paul VI appointed him Bishop of Wonju. He was consecrated bishop on June 29, 1965 by Antonio del Giudice.[1] Co-consecrators were the Bishop Thomas F. Quinlan of the Diocese of Chunchon and Bishop John A. Choi Jae-seon of the Diocese of Busan.

Tji was associated with Kim Chi-ha and was arrested in 1974 alongside five other priests and a nun over allegations of providing financial support to opponents of the government of Park Chung Hee and sentenced to death. He was sympathetic to the April Revolution and was a leader of the urban poor and supported nonviolent resistance to the regime.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/btji.html Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Daniel Tji Hak Soun"
  2. News: Times . Fox Butterfield Special to The New York . 1974-08-02 . A Catholic Bishop in Korea On Trial for Aiding Dissent . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-05-12 . 0362-4331.