Francis Hong Yong-ho
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The Most Reverend Francis Hong Yong-ho |
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Bishop of Pyongyang | |
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Native name | 홍용호 프란치스코 (Korean) |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Province | Seoul |
Diocese | Pyongyang |
In office | 1962–2013 |
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Ordination | 25 May 1933 |
Consecration | 29 June 1944 by Bonifatius Sauer, O.S.B. |
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Born | 12 October 1906 Pyongyang, Korean Empire |
Died | actual date is unknown, but his death was acknowledged in June 2013 |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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Motto | Surgite eamus |
Ordination history of Francis Hong Yong-ho | |
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Priestly ordination
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Date of ordination | 25 May 1933 |
Episcopal consecration
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Principal consecrator | Bonifatius Sauer, O.S.B. |
Co-consecrator | Irenaeus Hayasaka |
Co-consecrator | Paul Roh Ki-nam |
Date of consecration | 29 June 1944 |
Francis Hong Yong-ho (Korean: 홍용호 프란치스코; Chinese: 洪龍浩) (born 12 October 1906 – death unknown, but acknowledged in June 2013) was a Roman Catholic prelate who was imprisoned by the communist regime of Kim Il-sung in 1949 and later disappeared. After his disappearance, he was for many years listed as the Bishop of Pyongyang, North Korea.
Biography
Born in Pyongyang on 12 October 1906, Francis Hong Yong-ho was ordained to the priesthood on 25 May 1933.[1][2] Eleven years later, he was appointed the Vicar Apostolic of Heijō and Titular Bishop of Auzia by the Pope Pius XII on 24 March 1944.[1][2] His episcopal ordination took place on 29 June 1944, the principal consecrator being Bishop Bonifatius Sauer, O.S.B., with Bishops Irenaeus Hayasaka and Paul Roh Ki-nam as co-consecrators.[1][2]
He was imprisoned by the communist regime of Kim Il-sung in 1949 and later disappeared.[3][4][5] According to Cardinal Nicolas Cheong Jin-suk, speaking in 2006:
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There’s no knowledge of priests surviving persecution that came in the late 1940s, when 166 priests and religious were killed or kidnapped. The Pontifical Yearbook continues to describe as "missing" the man who was the bishop of Pyong-yang at the time, Monsignor Francis Hong Yong-ho, who today would be a hundred years old. It's a gesture by the Holy See to point to the tragedy that the Church in Korea has suffered and is still going through.[6]
The Vicariate Apostolic of Heijō changed its name to Pyongyang on 12 July 1950, which was elevated to the status of the Diocese of Pyongyang by Pope John XXIII on 10 March 1962, with Francis Hong Yong-ho named as the first bishop of the new diocese.[7]
After being listed as the ordinary of Pyongyang by the Pontifical Yearbook for decades, with the specification that he was to be considered "missing",[8] Hong Yong-ho's death was finally acknowledged by the Holy See in June 2013, although the actual date and place of death is unknown.[9]
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Preceded by | Vicar Apostolic of Heijo 1944–1950 |
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New title | Vicar Apostolic of Pyongyang 1950–1962 |
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New title | Bishop of Pyongyang 1962–2013 |
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- 1906 births
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- People from Pyongyang
- 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops
- North Korean Roman Catholic bishops
- North Korean prisoners and detainees
- Prisoners and detainees of North Korea
- Forced disappearances in North Korea