Cardinals of South Korea

South Korea
Present Cardinals of South Korea (2)
2022Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung-sik (74)Cardinal Lazzaro You Heung-sik (์œ ํฅ์‹ ๋ผ์ž๋กœ / ไฟž่ˆˆๆค) (74), Cardinal-Deacon of Gesรน Buon Pastore alla Montagnola, Prefect of Dicastery for the Clergy, President of Interdicastery Commission for Candidates to Sacred Order, President of Pontifical Work for Ecclesiastical Vocations and Bishop emeritus of Daejeon ๋Œ€์ „ (South Korea)
2014Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung (82)Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung (์—ผ์ˆ˜์ • ์•ˆ๋“œ๋ ˆ์•„ / ๅป‰ๆด™ๆ”ฟ) (82), Cardinal-Priest of S. Crisogono, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Seoul ์„œ์šธ (South Korea) and former Apostolic Administrator of Pyong-yang ํ‰์–‘ (North Korea)
Deceased Cardinals of South Korea (2)
2006Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk (์ •์ง„์„ ๋‹ˆ์ฝœ๋ผ์˜ค / ้„ญ้Žฎๅฅญ), former Metropolitan Archbishop of Seoul ์„œ์šธ (โ€  2021)
1969Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan (๊น€์ˆ˜ํ™˜ ์Šคํ…ŒํŒŒ๋…ธ / ้‡‘ๅฃฝๅฎฆ), former Metropolitan Archbishop of Seoul ์„œ์šธ (โ€  2009)
Other Cardinals related to South Korea (4)
2023SwitzerlandCardinal Emil Paul Tscherrig (79)Cardinal Emil Paul Tscherrig (79)
2010ItalyCardinal Francesco Monterisi (91)Cardinal Francesco Monterisi (91)
2001IndiaCardinal Ivan Dias (โ€  2017)
1979ItalyCardinal Egano Righi-Lambertini (โ€  2000)

Last updated on 2026.04.06

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