ASIA/KOREA - Auxiliary Bishop of Incheon appointed

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Pope Benedict XVI, on April 29, 2010, appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Incheon (Korea), Fr. John Baptist Jung Shin-chul, Professor and Chancellor of the Catholic University of Incheon and Diocesan Vocations Director. He has been assigned the titular see of Cuicul.
Fr. John Baptist Jung Shin-chul was born October 22, 1964 in Incheon-si, Songrim-dong, the parish of Game Bong-dong, in the Diocese of Incheon. He studied at the Catholic University of Incheon (major seminary) from 1983 to 1991, and thereafter at Suwon Catholic University, from 1991 to 1993 (for a Master's Degree). He was ordained January 29, 1993, for the Diocese of Incheon. After ordination, he held the following positions: 1993-1994: Parish Vicar, Samjung-dong, 1994-2002: Studies for a Ph.D. in Catechesis, Catholic University of Paris, 2002-2003: Parish Vicar, Yeokgok 2 Dong. Since 2003, he has served as Professor at the Catholic University of Incheon (seminary) and since 2009, as Diocesan Vocations Director. (SL) (Agenzia Fides 30/04/2010)