Bishop John A. Choi Jae-seon †

Deceased

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

Titular Bishop of Tanaramusa

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
7 Jan 1912		Born
11 Jun 1938	26.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Pusan, Korea (South)
26 Jan 1957	45.0	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Pusan, Korea (South)
26 Jan 1957	45.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Fussala
30 May 1957	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Fussala
10 Mar 1962	50.1	Appointed	Bishop of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)
17 Jul 1962	50.5	Installed	Bishop of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)
25 May 1968	56.3	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Masan, Korea (South)
7 Oct 1968	56.7	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Masan, Korea (South)
19 Sep 1973	61.6	Resigned	Bishop of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)
19 Sep 1973	61.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tanaramusa
3 Jun 2008	96.4	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Busan {Pusan}, Korea (South)

MicroData Summary for John A. Choi Jae-seon
(WikiData: Q1699054)
Bishop John A. Choi Jae-seon (born 7 Jan 1912, died 3 Jun 2008) Bishop Emeritus of Busan {Pusan}

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Ulsan, Vicariate Apostolic of Pusan
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Pusan, Vicariate Apostolic of Pusan

a priest for 69.9 years
a bishop for 51.0 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Thomas F. Quinlan, S.S.C.M.E. †
Titular Bishop of Furnos Maior
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Paul Marie Kinam Ro †
Titular Bishop of Colbasa
Bishop John Baptist Sye Bong-Kil †
Titular Bishop of Choma

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Thomas F. Quinlan, S.S.C.M.E. † (1955)
Titular Bishop of Furnos Maior
Archbishop Maximilien de Fürstenberg † (1949)
Titular Archbishop of Paltus
Jozef-Ernest Cardinal van Roey † (1926)
Archbishop of Mechelen
Archbishop Clemente Micara † (1920)
Titular Archbishop of Apamea in Syria
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Daniel Tji Hak Soun † (1965)
Stephen Cardinal Kim Sou-hwan † (1966)
Bishop Gabriel Lee Gab-sou † (1971)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Ulsan, Vicariate Apostolic of Pusan
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Pusan, Vicariate Apostolic of Pusan

Source(s):

c2+: CB
d: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 196, Necrology (back)
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1957, Number 68
i: CB, 30 Aug 2024

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