Daniel Tji Hak-soun
Most Reverend Daniel Tji Hak Soun | |
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Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wonju | |
Church | Catholic Church |
Diocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Wonju |
Appointed | March 22, 1965 |
Predecessor | None |
Successor | James Kim Ji-seok |
Orders | |
Ordination | December 15, 1952 |
Consecration | June 29, 1965 |
Personal details | |
Born | September 9, 1921 |
Died | March 12, 1993 | (aged 71)
Daniel Tji Hak-soun | |
Hangul | 지학순 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Ji Hak-sun |
McCune–Reischauer | Chi Haksun |
Daniel Tji Hak Soun (September 9, 1921 – March 12, 1993) was a bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wonju.
Biography
[edit]Daniel Tji Hak Soun was ordained a priest on December 15, 1952.
On March 22, 1965, Pope Paul VI appointed him Bishop of Wonju. He was consecrated bishop on June 29, 1965 by Antonio del Giudice.[1] Co-consecrators were the Bishop Thomas F. Quinlan of the Diocese of Chunchon and Bishop John A. Choi Jae-seon of the Diocese of Busan.[1]
Tji was associated with Kim Chi-ha and was arrested in 1974 alongside five other priests and a nun over allegations of providing financial support to opponents of the government of Park Chung Hee and sentenced to death. He was sympathetic to the April Revolution and was a leader of the urban poor and supported nonviolent resistance to the regime.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Daniel Tji Hak Soun" retrieved November 5, 2015
- ^ Times, Fox Butterfield Special to The New York (1974-08-02). "A Catholic Bishop in Korea On Trial for Aiding Dissent". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-12.