Bishop Francis Xavier Yu Soo-il, O.F.M. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Korea, Military

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
23 Mar 1945		Born
1973	27.7	Professed	Member of Order of Friars Minor
1979	33.7	Perpetual Vows	Member of Order of Friars Minor
25 Feb 1980	34.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Minor
16 Jul 2010	65.3	Appointed	Bishop of Korea, Military
15 Sep 2010	65.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Korea, Military
2 Feb 2021	75.8	Retired	Bishop of Korea, Military
2 Feb 2021	75.8	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Korea, Military
9 Apr 2021	76.0	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Korea, Military
28 May 2025	80.1	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Korea, Military

MicroData Summary
Francis Xavier Yu Soo-il
Bishop Francis Xavier Yu Soo-il O.F.M.
(born 23 Mar 1945, died 28 May 2025)
Bishop Emeritus of Korea, Military

Ad Limina - March 2015: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Nonsan
Ordained Bishop Saint Andrew Kim, Church, Nonsan

a priest for 45.2 years
a bishop for 14.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Peter Lee Ki-heon
Bishop of Uijeongbu
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Joseph Lee Han-taek, S.J.
Bishop Emeritus of Uijeongbu
Bishop Lazzaro You Heung-sik
Bishop of Daejeon {Taejon}

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Peter Lee Ki-heon (1999)
Bishop of Uijeongbu
Stephen Cardinal Kim Sou-hwan † (1966)
Cardinal-Priest of San Felice da Cantalice a Centocelle
Archbishop Antonio del Giudice † (1962)
Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
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 Consecrator of:
Bishop Titus Seo Sang-Beom (2021)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1441819

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 16 Jul 2010
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 203, Number 16,791
r: Bollettino, 2 Feb 2021
aadm: Acta Apostolicæ Sedis, Volume 113, Page 720
d: CB, 28 May 2025

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