Nicholas Cardinal Cheong Jin-Suk

Archbishop of Seoul

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Immacolata di Lourdes a Boccea

Apostolic Administrator of P’yong-yang

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Dec 1931		Born	Seoul
18 Mar 1961	29.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Seoul, Korea (South)
25 Jun 1970	38.5	Appointed	Bishop of Cheongju {Ch’ongju}, Korea (South)
3 Oct 1970	38.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Cheongju {Ch’ongju}, Korea (South)
3 Apr 1998	66.3	Appointed	Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South)
6 Jun 1998	66.5	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of P’yong-yang, Korea (South)
29 Jun 1998	66.6	Installed	Archbishop of Seoul, Korea (South)
24 Mar 2006	74.3	Elevated to Cardinal
24 Mar 2006	74.3	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Immacolata di Lourdes a Boccea
19 Nov 2006	74.9	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Immacolata di Lourdes a Boccea

Consistory - 2006: Created Cardinal

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Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Paul Marie Kinam Ro †
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Paul Marie Kinam Ro †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop James Vincent Pardy, M.M. †
Archbishop Peter Han Kong-ryel †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Nicholas Cardinal Cheong Jin-Suk (1970)
Archbishop Paul Marie Kinam Ro † (1942)
Bishop Andrien-Jean Larribeau, M.E.P. † (1927)
Archbishop Gustave-Charles-Marie Mutel, M.E.P. † (1890)
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Joseph Hippolyte Cardinal Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Gabriel Chang Bong-hun
Bishop Joseph Lee Han-taek, S.J.
Bishop Andrew Yeom Soo-jung
Bishop Lucas Kim Un-hoe
Bishop Basil Cho Kyu-man
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John Chang-yik
Bishop Augustinus Kim Jong Soo

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