ACI Prensa Staff, Feb 6, 2024 / 18:00 pm
Archbishop Peter Chung Soon-taek of Seoul recently ordained 16 new priests and 25 new deacons for the archdiocese that will host World Youth Day 2027 in South Korea.
With these ordinations, the number of priests in the main South Korean archdiocese goes from 969 to 985; if the 25 deacons become priests (none were reported as permanent deacons), that number would rise to 1,010.
The 985 priests include Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, archbishop emeritus of Seoul; the current archbishop; and the three current auxiliary bishops.
A news brief posted on the Archdiocese of Seoul’s website states that the ordinations took place on Feb. 1 and Feb. 2 in the Myeongdong Cathedral, both presided over by Chung.