Military Ordinariate of Military Ordinariate of South Korea, South Korea 🇰🇷

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Military Ordinariate

Name: Military Ordinariate of South Korea / 군종교구 (한국어) / South Korea

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Website:

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1983.11.22: Established as Military Vicariate of South Korea
1986.07.21: Promoted as Military Ordinariate of Military Ordinariate of South Korea / 군종교구 (한국어) / South Korea

Contact Info

Address: Regional Communication Office, P.O. Box 31, Yongsan-gu, 140-600 Seoul, South Korea

Present Prelates

Military Ordinary (2021.02.02 – ...):

Bishop Titus Seo Sang-bum (서상범 티토 / 徐尙範) (64)

Ordinaries

Military Ordinaries of Military Ordinariate of South Korea (Roman Rite)

Bishop Titus Seo Sang-bum (서상범 티토 / 徐尙範) (64)
(2021.02.02 – ...)

Military Ordinary of South Korea (South Korea)

주님은 나의 힘, 나의 방패

Born:	1961.02.06 (Seoul, South Korea)
Ordained Priest:	1988.02.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.04.09

Priest of Seoul 서울 (South Korea) (1988.02.12 – 2021.02.02)

Military Ordinary of South Korea (South Korea) (2021.02.02 – ...)

Bishop Francis Xavier Yu Soo-il (유수일 프란치스코 하비에르 / 劉修一), O.F.M.
(2010.07.16 – 2021.02.02)

끊임없이 기도하며

Born:	1945.03.23 (Nonsan, South Korea)
Ordained Priest:	1980.02.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.09.15
Died:	2025.05.28 (Seoul, South Korea † 80)

Military Ordinary of South Korea (South Korea) (2010.07.16 – 2021.02.02)

Bishop Peter Lee Ki-heon (이기헌 베드로 / 李基憲) (78)
(1999.10.29 – 2010.02.26)

Bishop emeritus of Uijeongbu 의정부 (South Korea)

새로운 노래를 주님께 불러라

Born:	1947.12.31 (P’yong-yang, North Korea)
Ordained Priest:	1975.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.12.14

Priest of Seoul 서울 (South Korea) (1975.12.08 – 1999.10.29)

Military Ordinary of South Korea (South Korea) (1999.10.29 – 2010.02.26)

Bishop of Uijeongbu 의정부 (South Korea) (2010.02.26 – 2024.03.13)

Bishop Augustine Cheong Myong-jo (정명조 아우구스티노)
(1989.10.23 – 1998.11.05)

Fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum

Born:	1935.05.25 (Koje, South Korea)
Ordained Priest:	1962.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.02.13
Died:	2007.06.01 († 72)

Titular Bishop of Tubulbaca (1989.10.23 – 1998.11.05)

Military Ordinary of South Korea (South Korea) (1989.10.23 – 1998.11.05)

Coadjutor Bishop of Busan 부산 (South Korea) (1998.11.05 – 1999.08.28)

Bishop of Busan 부산 (South Korea) (1999.08.28 – 2007.06.01)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea (2005.11 – 2006)

Bishop Angelo Kim Nam-su (김남수 안젤로 / 金南洙)
(1986.07.21 – 1989.10.23)

Ut sint unum / 모두 하나가 되게 하소서

Born:	1922.06.04 (Suwon, South Korea)
Ordained Priest:	1948.10.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.11.21
Died:	2002.06.01 († 79)

Bishop of Suwon 수원 (South Korea) (1974.10.05 – 1997.06.04)

Military Vicar of South Korea (South Korea) (1983.11.22 – 1986.07.21)

Military Ordinary of South Korea (South Korea) (1986.07.21 – 1989.10.23)

President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea (1987 – 1993)

Military Vicars of South Korea (Roman Rite)

Bishop Angelo Kim Nam-su (김남수 안젤로 / 金南洙)
(1983.11.22 – 1986.07.21)

(see above)