His Eminence Nicholas (정진석 니콜라오)
Cardinal
Cheong Jin-suk
- Official title:
- Cardinal Priest of S. Maria Immacolata di Lourdes a Boccea
- Current position:
- Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Seoul 서울
- Born:
- Monday, December 7th, 1931
- Home country:
- South Korea
- Created Cardinal:
- Friday, March 24th, 2006
- A little vignette from his Wikipedia page:
- Pope Benedict XVI created him Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Immacolata di Lourdes a Boccea in the consistory of 24 March 2006. Cardinal Cheong Jin-Suk was later appointed to the executive committee of the Pontifical Council for the Family in the Roman Curia on the following May 6,[1] and to the Council of Cardinals for the Study of the Organizational and Economic Problems of the Holy See on February 3, 2007. He was also later appointed a member of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications.
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