Peter Chung Soon-taick explained

Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency, The Most Reverend
Peter Chung Soon-taick
정순택 베드로
鄭淳澤 베드로
Metropolitan Archbishop of Seoul
Apostolic Administrator of Pyongyang
Native Name:정순택 베드로
Native Name Lang:ko
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Seoul
See:Seoul
Appointed:28 October 2021
Enthroned:8 December 2021
Predecessor:Andrew Yeom Soo-jung
Ordination:16 July 1992
Ordained By:Stephen Kim Sou-hwan
Consecration:5 February 2014
Consecrated By:Andrew Yeom Soo-jung
Birth Name:정순택
Chung Soon-taick
Birth Date:5 August 1961
Birth Place:Daegu, South Korea
Nationality:South Korean
Motto:하느님 아버지, 어머니 교회
(Haneunim abeoji, eomeoni gyohoe)
Deus Pater, Mater Ecclesia
God the Father, Mother Church
Coat Of Arms:File:Coat of arms of Peter Chung Soon-taick.svg
Honorific Suffix:OCD
Bishop Name:Peter Chung Soon-taick
Dipstyle:The Most Reverend
Offstyle:Your Excellency
Relstyle:Archbishop

Peter Chung Soon-taick[1] (; born 5 August 1961) is a South Korean prelate of the Catholic Church. Since December 2021, he has been the Metropolitan Archbishop of Seoul and Apostolic Administrator of Pyongyang.[2]

Biography

Early life

Chung was born on 5 August 1961 in Daegu, South Korea. In 1983 he began his studies in the Department of Industrial Chemistry at Seoul National University's College of Engineering, earning his degree in 1986. He studied at the Songsin Theological Campus of the Catholic University of Korea. He entered the novitiate of the Order of Discalced Carmelites of Korea from 1986 to 1992. On 25 January 1992, he took his perpetual vows.

Priest

Chung was ordained a Carmelite priest on 16 July 1992. He then earned a master's degree in Sacred Scripture at the Pontifical Biblical Institute. From 2005 to 2008, he served as Provincial Definitor of the Order of Discalced Carmelites of Korea and Vice-master of Incheon monastery and from 2008 to 2009, he served as the first Definitor of the Order of Discalced Carmelites of Korea and served as the Definitor General of the Order of Discalced Carmelites in Rome for the Far East and Oceania from 2009 to 2013.

Bishop

On 30 December 2013, Pope Francis appointed him an Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul and titular bishop of Tamazuca.[3] He was consecrated with Timothy Yu Gyoung-chon on 5 February 2014 in the Changcheon-dong Stadium, Seoul, by Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, Archbishop of Seoul, assisted by Basil Cho Kyu-man, Vicar General of Seoul, and Linus Lee Seong-hyo, Auxiliary Bishop of Suwon. He chose as his episcopal motto: Deus Pater, Mater Ecclesia, meaning "God the Father, Mother Church" (Korean: 하느님 아버지, 어머니 교회).

Archbishop

On 28 October 2021, Pope Francis appointed him Metropolitan Archbishop of Seoul to succeed Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung.[4] Chung was installed at the Myeongdong Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception on 8 December 2021.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archbishop Peter Chung Soon-Taick, OCD, D.D. . Bishops Conference of Korea . 3 November 2021.
  2. News: Kim Jong-mok . 2021-10-28 . 프란치스코 교황 서울대교구장에 정순택 주교 임명. korean . . 2021-11-02.
  3. 25 June 2023 . Rinunce e Nomine, 30.12.2013. 30 December 2013. Holy See Press Office . it.
  4. 25 June 2023 . Resignations and Appointments, 28.10.2021 . 28 October 2021 . Holy See Press Office.