Attended Mass at Myeongdong Cathedral after appointment… “I will work while listening to the voices in the church”
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Yang Jeong-woo = The new Catholic Archbishop of Seoul, Archbishop Jeong Sun-taek, said on the 28th, “I was very surprised to receive the news of the sudden appointment. said.
After the announcement of the appointment by the Holy See on the same day, Archbishop Jeong attended the ‘Mass for the Socially Vulnerable’ held at Myeongdong Cathedral in Seoul and said, “It was an unexpected appointment, and at an unexpected time and unexpectedly, the news of the appointment was received.” He expressed his feelings about becoming a parish priest.
He said, “When I first heard this news, I really only thought that God is beyond us, ‘beyond’ in one word, that we cannot fathom God’s will,” he said.
Bishop Jeong said, “I will ask a lot of questions from Cardinal Su-jeong Yeom, the senior diocesan bishop I respect, and I will listen to the opinions of my seniors and juniors a lot.”
(Seoul = Yonhap News) The Catholic Archdiocese of Seoul announced on the 28th that Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Jeong Sun-taek (60) as the next diocesan bishop of Seoul and Pyongyang. Bishop Jeong was promoted to Archbishop at the same time as the appointment of the diocesan bishop. 2021.10.28 [천주교 서울대교구 제공. 재배포 및 DB금지] photo@yna.co.kr
Earlier, Pope Francis appointed Bishop Chung, an assistant bishop of the Archdiocese of Seoul, as the new Archdiocese of Seoul on the same day. He was promoted to Archbishop with the appointment of the Archbishop of Seoul.
Bishop Jeong, who was born in Daegu in 1961, graduated from Seoul National University College of Engineering and later entered the path of a priest.
He was ordained a priest at the Incheon Abbey of the Carmelites in 1992, and received a master’s degree from the Pontifical Bible College in Rome.
Appointed as an assistant bishop of the Archdiocese of Seoul in 2013, he received the episcopal order the following year, and has served as the deputy bishop of the diocesan area in charge of the western Seoul area and youth and religious congregations.
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