Lázaro You Heung-sik

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Catholic prelate South Korean Roman Catholic bishop cardinal of the Catholic Church member of the College of Cardinals

Lázaro You Heung-sik is a South Korean cardinal of the Catholic Church who leads the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Clergy and is one of the highest-ranking Asian officials in the Roman Curia.

Aliases (2)

Heung-sik ×1
유흥식 라자로 ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic prelate → South Korean Roman Catholic bishop → cardinal of the Catholic Church → member of the College of Cardinals →
appointedAsPrefectBy	Pope Francis →
baptismalName	Lázaro →
belongsToChurch	Latin Church →
cardinalTitle	Cardinal-Deacon of Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola →
consecratedBishopBy	Joseph Kyeong Kap-ryong →
countryOfBirth	South Korea →
countryOfCitizenship	South Korea →
createdCardinalBy	Pope Francis →
dateOfBirth	1951-11-17 →
dateOfCardinalCreation	2022-08-27 →
dioceseGoverned	Roman Catholic Diocese of Daejeon →
endTimeAsBishopOfDaejeon	2021 →
endTimeAsCoadjutorBishopOfDaejeon	2005 →
episcopalConsecrationDate	2003-07-04 →
familyName	You →
fieldOfWork	clergy formation → governance of diocesan clergy →
fullName	Lázaro You Heung-sik →
givenName	Heung-sik →
heads	Dicastery for the Clergy →
honorificPrefix	His Eminence →
honorificSuffix	Cardinal →
isOneOfHighestRankingAsianOfficialsIn	Roman Curia →
languageSpoken	English → Italian → Korean →
memberOf	Roman Curia →
nativeName	유흥식 라자로 →
notableFor	being a leading Asian official in the Roman Curia → being the first Korean prefect of a Vatican dicastery →
ordainedPriestBy	Shim Joong-bo →
ordinationAsPriestDate	1979-12-09 →
participatedIn	2023 Synod on Synodality →
placeOfBirth	Nonsan →
positionHeld	Prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy →
previousPositionHeld	Bishop of Daejeon →
rank	Cardinal-Deacon →
religion	Catholic Church →
residence	Vatican City →
rite	Roman Rite →
servedAs	coadjutor bishop of Daejeon →
startTimeAsBishopOfDaejeon	2005 →
startTimeAsCoadjutorBishopOfDaejeon	2003 →
startTimeAsPrefectOfDicasteryForTheClergy	2021-08-02 →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dicastery for the Clergy →	currentPrefect
Lázaro You Heung-sik →	fullName
Lázaro You Heung-sik ("Heung-sik") →	givenName
Lázaro You Heung-sik ("유흥식 라자로") →	nativeName