2016-05-31 15:15:00

Fr. John Bosco Chang-Ho Shin new Auxiliary Bishop of Daegu, South Korea


The Holy Father has appointed Rev. Fr. John Bosco Chang-Ho Shin new auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Daegu, South Korea, assigning him the titular see of Vescera. 

Fr. John Bosco Chang-Ho Shin was born on May 25, 1966 in Daegu, in the Gyeousang-namdo province, in the Archdiocese of Daegu. 

He studied first at the University of Electronics Youngnam and then did his studies in philosophy and theology at the major seminary in Daegu. He obtained the Bachelor’s degree in Theology at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum, Rome (1993-1996) and a Licentiate in Liturgy at the Pontifical Liturgical Institute of St. Anselm, in Rome (1996-1998). He was ordained a priest on 25 August 1998.

After his ordination he held the following positions and pursued his religious studies

1998-1999: Parish Vicar of Bongdeok, Daegu;

1999- 2002: Doctorate in Liturgy at the Pontifical Liturgical Institute of St. Anselm in Rome;

2002-2009: Lecturer in the major seminary in Daegu;

2009: Executive Secretary of the Liturgical Committee of the Bishops' Conference of Korea.








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