Recent Eventsin North Korea |
Date | Recent Events |
2024.04.11 | Fr. Paul Lee Kyung-sang (이경상 바오로 / 李炅相) was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Germania in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea) |
2024.03.13 | Bishop Peter Lee Ki-heon (이기헌 베드로 / 李基憲) resigned as Bishop of Uijeongbu 의정부 (South Korea) Bishop Benedictus Son Hee-song (손희송 베네딕토 / 孫凞松), Titular Bishop of Campli and Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea), was appointed as Bishop of Uijeongbu 의정부 (South Korea) |
2024.02.24 | Fr. Paul Lee Kyung-sang (이경상 바오로 / 李炅相), Priest of Seoul 서울 (South Korea), was elected Titular Bishop of Germania in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea) |
2023.12.05 | Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung (염수정 안드레아 / 廉洙政), Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Seoul 서울 (South Korea) and former Apostolic Administrator of Pyong-yang 평양 (North Korea), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (South Korea) |
2023.10.11 | Bishop Basil Cho Kyu-man (조규만 바실리오 / 金智錫) resigned as Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea |
2021.10.28 | Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung (염수정 안드레아 / 廉洙政) resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea) and Apostolic Administrator of Pyong-yang 평양 (North Korea) Bishop Peter Chung Soon-taick (정순택 베드로 / 鄭淳澤), O.C.D., Titular Bishop of Tamazuca and Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea) and Apostolic Administrator of Pyong-yang 평양 (North Korea) |
2021.06.09 | Diocese of Chunchon 춘천 was renamed as Diocese of Chuncheon 춘천 (South Korea) |
2021.04.27 | Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk (정진석 니콜라오 / 鄭鎮奭), Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Immacolata di Lourdes a Boccea and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Seoul 서울 (South Korea), passed away at 89 |
2021.04.09 | Fr. Titus Seo Sang-bum (서상범 티토 / 徐尙範) was consecrated as Military Ordinary of South Korea (South Korea) |
2021.02.02 | Fr. Titus Seo Sang-bum (서상범 티토 / 徐尙範), Priest of Seoul 서울 (South Korea), was elected Military Ordinary of South Korea (South Korea) |
2021.01.06 | Fr. Simon Kim Ju-young (김주영 시몬 / 金周瑩) was consecrated as Bishop of Chuncheon 춘천 (South Korea) |
2020.12.16 | Bishop Joseph Kyeong Kap-ryong (경갑룡 요셉 / 景甲龍), Bishop emeritus of Daejeon 대전 (South Korea), passed away at 90 |
2020.11.22 | Bishop Peter Kang U-il (강우일 베드로 / 姜禹一) resigned as Bishop of Cheju 제주 (South Korea) |
2020.11.21 | Fr. Simon Kim Ju-young (김주영 시몬 / 金周瑩), Priest of Chunchon 춘천 (South Korea), was elected Bishop of Chuncheon 춘천 (South Korea) and Apostolic Administrator of Hamhung 함흥 (North Korea) Bishop Lucas Kim Woon-hoe (김운회 루가 / 金雲會) resigned as Bishop of Chunchon 춘천 (South Korea) and Apostolic Administrator of Hamhung 함흥 (North Korea) |
2020.10.14 | Bishop Basil Cho Kyu-man (조규만 바실리오 / 金智錫), Bishop of Wonju 원주 (South Korea), was appointed as Vice-President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea |
2020.08.05 | Bishop John of the Cross Chang Yik (장익 십자가의 요한 / 張益), Bishop emeritus of Chunchon 춘천 (South Korea), passed away at 86 |
2017.08.17 | Fr. Job Koo Yo-bi (구요비 욥 / 具要備) was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Sfasferia and Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea) |
2017.06.28 | Fr. Job Koo Yo-bi (구요비 욥 / 具要備), Priest of Seoul 서울 (South Korea), was elected Titular Bishop of Sfasferia and Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea) |
2016.03.31 | Bishop Basil Cho Kyu-man (조규만 바실리오 / 金智錫), Titular Bishop of Elephantaria in Proconsulari and Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea), was appointed as Bishop of Wonju 원주 (South Korea) |
2016.02.29 | Bishop Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe (フランシスコ・ザビエル 溝部 脩), S.D.B., Bishop emeritus of Takamatsu 高松 (Japan), passed away at 80 |
2015.08.28 | Fr. Benedictus Son Hee-song (손희송 베네딕토 / 孫凞松) was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Campli and Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea) |
2015.07.14 | Fr. Benedictus Son Hee-song (손희송 베네딕토 / 孫凞松), Priest of Seoul 서울 (South Korea), was elected Titular Bishop of Campli and Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea) |
2014.10.30 | Bishop Peter Kang U-il (강우일 베드로 / 姜禹一) resigned as President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea |
2014.10.04 | Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung (염수정 안드레아 / 廉洙政) took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono |
2014.02.22 | Archbishop Andrew Yeom Soo-jung (염수정 안드레아 / 廉洙政), Metropolitan Archbishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea) and Apostolic Administrator of Pyong-yang 평양 (North Korea), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono |
2014.02.05 | Fr. Peter Chung Soon-taick (정순택 베드로 / 鄭淳澤), O.C.D., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Tamazuca and Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea) Fr. Timothy Yu Gyoung-chon (유경촌 티모테오 / 宇慶川) was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Puppi and Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea) |
2013.12.30 | Fr. Peter Chung Soon-taick (정순택 베드로 / 鄭淳澤), O.C.D., was elected Titular Bishop of Tamazuca and Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea) Fr. Timothy Yu Gyoung-chon (유경촌 티모테오 / 宇慶川), Priest of Seoul 서울 (South Korea), was elected Titular Bishop of Puppi and Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea) |
2013.05.07 | Fr. Blasio Park Hyun-dong (블라시오 박현동 / 朴賢東), O.S.B., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Tŏkwon 덕원 (North Korea) Abbot Simon Peter Ri Hyong-u (이형우 시몬베드로), O.S.B., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Tŏkwon 덕원 (North Korea) |
2012.05.10 | Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk (정진석 니콜라오 / 鄭鎮奭) resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea), Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Pyong-yang 평양 (North Korea) and Member of Council of Cardinals for the Study of Organisational and Economic Problems of the Apostolic See Bishop Andrew Yeom Soo-jung (염수정 안드레아 / 廉洙政), Titular Bishop of Thibiuca and Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea) and Apostolic Administrator of Pyong-yang 평양 (North Korea) |
2011.03.25 | Bishop Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe (フランシスコ・ザビエル 溝部 脩), S.D.B., resigned as Bishop of Takamatsu 高松 (Japan) |
2010.03.25 | Archbishop Andreas Choi Chang-mou (최창무 안드레아 / 崔昌武) resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Gwangju 광주 (South Korea) |
2010.03.01 | Bishop Paul Kim Ok-kyun (김옥균 바오로), Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Seoul 서울 (South Korea), passed away at 84 |
2010.02.26 | Bishop Joseph Lee Han-taek (이한택 요셉 / 李漢澤), S.J., resigned as Bishop of Uijeongbu 의정부 (South Korea) Bishop Peter Lee Ki-heon (이기헌 베드로 / 李基憲), Military Ordinary of South Korea (South Korea), was appointed as Bishop of Uijeongbu 의정부 (South Korea) |
2010.01.28 | Bishop John of the Cross Chang Yik (장익 십자가의 요한 / 張益) resigned as Bishop of Chunchon 춘천 (South Korea) and Apostolic Administrator of Hamhung 함흥 (North Korea) Bishop Lucas Kim Woon-hoe (김운회 루가 / 金雲會), Titular Bishop of Vadesi and Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea), was appointed as Bishop of Chunchon 춘천 (South Korea) and Apostolic Administrator of Hamhung 함흥 (North Korea) |
2009.02.16 | Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan (김수환 스테파노 / 金壽宦), Cardinal-Priest of S. Felice da Cantalice a Centocelle and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Seoul 서울 (South Korea), passed away at 86 |
2008.10.16 | Bishop Peter Kang U-il (강우일 베드로 / 姜禹一), Bishop of Cheju 제주 (South Korea), was appointed as President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea |
2008 | Bishop John of the Cross Chang Yik (장익 십자가의 요한 / 張益) resigned as President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea |
2007.02.03 | Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk (정진석 니콜라오 / 鄭鎮奭), Metropolitan Archbishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea) and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Pyong-yang 평양 (North Korea), was appointed as Member of Council of Cardinals for the Study of Organisational and Economic Problems of the Apostolic See |
2006.11.19 | Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk (정진석 니콜라오 / 鄭鎮奭) took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Immacolata di Lourdes a Boccea |
2006.03.24 | Archbishop Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk (정진석 니콜라오 / 鄭鎮奭), Metropolitan Archbishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea) and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Pyong-yang 평양 (North Korea), was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Immacolata di Lourdes a Boccea |
2006.01.25 | Fr. Basil Cho Kyu-man (조규만 바실리오 / 金智錫) was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Elephantaria in Proconsulari and Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea) |
2006.01.03 | Fr. Basil Cho Kyu-man (조규만 바실리오 / 金智錫), Priest of Seoul 서울 (South Korea), was elected Titular Bishop of Elephantaria in Proconsulari and Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea) |
2006 | Bishop John of the Cross Chang Yik (장익 십자가의 요한 / 張益), Bishop of Chunchon 춘천 (South Korea) and Apostolic Administrator of Hamhung 함흥 (North Korea), was appointed as President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea |
2005.11.21 | Abbot Simon Peter Ri Hyong-u (이형우 시몬베드로), O.S.B., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Tŏkwon 덕원 (North Korea) Fr. Placidus Ri Tong-ho (이동호 플라치도), O.S.B., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Hamhung 함흥 (North Korea) and Apostolic Administrator of Tŏkwon 덕원 (North Korea) Bishop John of the Cross Chang Yik (장익 십자가의 요한 / 張益), Bishop of Chunchon 춘천 (South Korea), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Hamhung 함흥 (North Korea) |
2005.04.01 | Bishop Joseph Kyeong Kap-ryong (경갑룡 요셉 / 景甲龍) resigned as Bishop of Daejeon 대전 (South Korea) |
2005 | Archbishop Andreas Choi Chang-mou (최창무 안드레아 / 崔昌武) resigned as President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea |
2004.07.05 | Bishop Joseph Lee Han-taek (이한택 요셉 / 李漢澤), S.J., Titular Bishop of Thibuzabetum and Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul 서울 (South Korea), was appointed as Bishop of Uijeongbu 의정부 (South Korea) |
2004.05.14 | Bishop Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe (フランシスコ・ザビエル 溝部 脩), S.D.B., Bishop of Sendai 仙台 (Japan), was appointed as Bishop of Takamatsu 高松 (Japan) |
2004.03.13 | Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan (김수환 스테파노 / 金壽宦) was appointed as Protopriest of College of Cardinals |
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