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Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on March 20, 2011 appointed Rev. John Bosco Byeon Seungsik as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Korea for the years 2011-2016.
The new National Director was born in Jinhae, in Gyeongnam, on July 21, 1967. After completing his school education, he attended the Catholic University of Korea (1986/1994). It was ordained a priest in Seoul on July 13, 1994. From 1996 to 2003 he continued his studies in Chicago, USA (Loyola University) in Social Psychology. Among the positions held: he was Vicar and Parish Priest in Seoul, assistant at the Registry of the archdiocese, Undersecretary of the Bishops’ Conference (CBCK). Since 2008 he has been Secretary of the Episcopal Commission for Social Affairs. (S.L.) (Agenzia Fides 07/02/2012)
