Bishop Timothy Yu Gyoung-chon †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Korea (South)

Titular Bishop of Puppi

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Sep 1962		Born
30 Jan 1992	29.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Seoul, Korea (South)
30 Dec 2013	51.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Korea (South)
30 Dec 2013	51.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Puppi
5 Feb 2014	51.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Puppi
15 Aug 2025	62.9	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Korea (South)

MicroData Summary
Timothy Yu Gyoung-chon
Bishop Timothy Yu Gyoung-chon
(born 4 Sep 1962, died 15 Aug 2025)
Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul

Ad Limina - March 2015: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Jung-gu, Jungrim-dong
Ordained Bishop Seoul Olympic Gymnastics, Stadium, Seoul, Archdiocese of Seoul
Death Place St. Mary's Hospital, Catholic University, Seoul, Archdiocese of Seoul

a priest for 33.5 years
a bishop for 11.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Andrew Yeom Soo-jung
Archbishop of Seoul
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Basil Cho Kyu-man
Titular Bishop of Elephantaria in Proconsulari
Bishop Linus Lee Seong-hyo
Titular Bishop of Turris Tamalleni

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Andrew Yeom Soo-jung (2002)
Archbishop of Seoul
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Benedictus Son Hee-Song (2015)
Bishop Job Koo Yobi, Ist. del Prado (2017)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Jung-gu, Jungrim-dong
Ordained Bishop	Seoul Olympic Gymnastics, Stadium, Seoul, Archdiocese of Seoul
Death Place	St. Mary's Hospital, Catholic University, Seoul, Archdiocese of Seoul

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q15850993

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 30 Dec 2013
ob: CB, 1 Jan 2014
c2+: CB, 5 Feb 2014
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 217, Number 18,091
d: CB, 14 Aug 2025

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