Joseph Son Sam-seok explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Joseph Son Sam-seok
Bishop of Busan
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Busan
Predecessor:Paul Hwang Chul-soo
Successor:Incumbent
Ordination:February 6, 1982
Consecration:July 9, 2010
Consecrated By:Paul Hwang Chul-soo
Birth Date:3 November 1955
Birth Place:Pusan, South Korea
Motto:Benedicam Deum In Vita Mea
Appointed:10 April 2019
Term Start:4 June 2019
Korean name
Hangul:손삼석
Hanja:!
Mr:Son Samsŏk
Rr:Son Samseok

Joseph Son Sam-seok (born November 3, 1955) is a bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Busan.[1] [2]

Biography

Joseph Son Sam-seok was ordained a priest on February 6, 1982. On June 4, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of Busan and Titular Bishop of Fesseë. He was consecrated bishop on July 9, 2010, by Paul Hwang Chul-soo, Bishop of Busan with Thaddeus Cho Hwan-Kil, Auxiliary bishop of Daegu and John Chrisostom Kwon Hyok-ju, Bishop of Andong as Co-Consecrators. Bishop Son Sam-seok had been serving as apostolic administration of diocese of Busan since the resignation of Bishop Paul Hwang Chul-soo in August 2018. He was named Bishop of Busan in April 2019.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsss.html Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Joseph Son Sam-seok"
  2. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/pusa0.htm GCatholic: "Diocese of Busan"