Bishop Paul Hwang Chul-soo

Bishop Emeritus of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Apr 1953		Born
5 Feb 1983	29.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)
17 Jan 2006	52.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)
17 Jan 2006	52.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Vicus Pacati
24 Feb 2006	52.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Vicus Pacati
21 Nov 2007	54.5	Appointed	Bishop of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)
18 Aug 2018	65.3	Resigned	Bishop of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)

MicroData Summary
Paul Hwang Chul-soo
Bishop Paul Hwang Chul-soo
(born 15 Apr 1953)
Bishop Emeritus of Busan {Pusan}

Ad Limina - December 2007: Bishop
Ad Limina - March 2015: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Miryang
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Pusan, Diocese of Busan {Pusan}

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Busan {Pusan}.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Augustine Cheong Myong-jo †
Bishop of Busan {Pusan}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Francis Xavier Ahn Myong-ok
Bishop of Masan
Bishop John Chrisostom Kwon Hyok-ju
Bishop of Andong

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Augustine Cheong Myong-jo † (1990)
Bishop of Busan {Pusan}
Stephen Cardinal Kim Sou-hwan † (1966)
Archbishop of Seoul
Archbishop Antonio del Giudice † (1962)
Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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 Joseph Son Sam-seok (2010)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 186154013728609191168
WikiData: Q1268070

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 17 Jan 2006
ob: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 184, Number 15,070
ab: Bollettino, 21 Nov 2007
r: Bollettino, 18 Aug 2018

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