Andrew Cardinal Yeom Soo-jung

Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South)

Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono

Apostolic Administrator of P’yŏng-yang

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Dec 1943		Born
8 Dec 1973	30.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Seoul, Korea (South)
1 Dec 2001	57.9	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Korea (South)
1 Dec 2001	57.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Thibiuca
25 Jan 2002	58.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Thibiuca
10 May 2012	68.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South)
10 May 2012	68.4	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of P’yŏng-yang, Korea (North)
25 Jun 2012	68.5	Installed	Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South)
22 Feb 2014	70.2	Elevated to Cardinal
22 Feb 2014	70.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono
4 Oct 2014	70.8	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono

MicroData Summary for Andrew Yeom Soo-jung
Andrew Cardinal Yeom Soo-jung (born 5 Dec 1943) Archbishop of Seoul

Event Place
Birth Place Ansong

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Seoul.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Stephen Cardinal Kim Sou-hwan †
Archbishop of Seoul
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk †
Archbishop of Seoul
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Andreas Choi Chang-mou
Archbishop of Gwangju
Bishop John of the Cross Chang-yik †
Bishop of Ch’unch’ŏn

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk † (1970)
Archbishop of Seoul
Archbishop Paul Marie Kinam Ro † (1942)
Titular Archbishop of Tituli in Proconsulari
Bishop Adrien-Joseph Larribeau, M.E.P. † (1927)
Titular Bishop of Dusa
Archbishop Gustave-Charles-Marie Mutel, M.E.P. † (1890)
Titular Archbishop of Ratiaria
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Timothy Yu Gyoung-chon (2014)
Bishop Peter Chung Soon-taek, O.C.D. (2014)
Bishop Benedictus Son Hee-Song (2015)
Bishop Job Koo Yobi, Ist. del Prado (2017)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Lucas Kim Woon-hoe (Un-hoe) (2002)
Bishop Basil Cho Kyu-man (2006)
Bishop Simon Kim Ju-young (2021)
Bishop Stephanus Han Jung Hyun (2021)
Bishop Titus Seo Sang-Beom (2021)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Ansong

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 10 May 2012
i: CB, 10 May 2012
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 166, Number 14,121
c: Bollettino, 12 Jan 2014
cp: Bollettino, 22 Feb 2014
i: Bollettino, 26 Sep 2014

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