Type: | Archbishop |
Kornelius Sipayung | |
Archbishop of Medan | |
Honorific-Suffix: | OFM Cap |
Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
Archdiocese: | Archdiocese of Medan |
Predecessor: | Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga |
Ordination: | 11 December 1999 |
Ordained By: | Alfred Gonti Pius Datubara |
Consecration: | 2 February 2019 |
Consecrated By: | Piero Pioppo |
Birth Date: | 26 August 1970 |
Birth Place: | Bandar Hinalang-Kabanjahe, North Sumatra |
Nationality: | Indonesian |
Religion: | Roman Catholic |
Motto: | Deus Meus et Omnia |
Kornelius Sipayung, (born 26 August 1970) is the Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Medan.
Sipayung was born in Bandar Hinalang-Kabanjahe, North Sumatra, Indonesia.[1] He attended Christus Sacerdos Minor Seminary, Pematangsiantar before being ordained to the priesthood on 11 December 1999.[1] He is a member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.[2] In 2002, he studied dogmatic theology at Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He served as a lecturer in various theological disciplines at St. John's School of Philosophy and Theology in Pematangsiantar since 2005.[1]
Pope Francis appointed Sipayung as the new Archbishop of Medan to succeed Archbishop Emeritus Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, whose resignation was accepted by the Pope on 8 December 2018.[1] Sipayung was ordained as archbishop on 2 February 2019, his principal consecrator being Archbishop Piero Pioppo, Apostolic Nuncio to Indonesia.[3]