Benedictus Son Hee-Song
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The Most Reverend Benedictus Son Hee-Song |
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| Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul Titular Bishop of Camplum |
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| Native name | 손희송 베네딕토 孫凞松 |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Seoul |
| See | Camplum |
| Appointed | 14 July 2015 |
| Predecessor | Basil Kyu-man Cho |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 4 July 1986 |
| Consecration | 28 August 2015 by Andrew Yeom Soo-jung |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | 손희송 Son Hee-Song |
| Born |
28 January 1957 Yeoncheon County, Gyeonggi, South Korea |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Alma mater |
University of Innsbruck (STL, STD) Catholic University of Korea (DD) |
| Motto | 저의 주님, 저의 하느님 My Lord, My God |
Benedictus Son Hee-Song (Hangul: 손희송 베네딕토; Hanja: 孫凞松; born 28 January 1957) is a South Korean prelate of the Catholic Church. Since August 2015, he has served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Seoul.
Son was born on 28 January 1957 in Yeoncheon County, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. In March 1972, he commenced his secondary education at Songsin High School, a minor seminary in Seoul, the capital and largest city in South Korea. After graduating in April 1975, he entered the major seminary at the Catholic University of Korea, graduating in April 1979. Beginning in October 1982, he attended the University of Innsbruck in Innsbruck, Austria, graduating in April 1986 with a Licentiate of Sacred Theology in dogmatic theology. After ordination back in South Korea, he returned to the University of Innsbruck, graduating in 1992 with a Doctor of Sacred Theology. After returned to South Korea and serving as pastor at a parish for two years, he returned to study at the Catholic University of Korea in March 1993, earning a Doctor of Divinity in dogmatic theology, graduating in February 1996.
Son was ordained a priest on 4 July 1986, several months after returning from his studies in the University of Innsbruck in Austria. After returning to Austria from 1986 to 1992 to continue his studies, he returned to South Korea in October 1992, and began serving as pastor at the parish in the Yongsan district of Seoul. He was pastor there until September 1994, and from 1993 to 1996 he was concurrently pursuing his doctorate at the Catholic University of Seoul. In September 1994, he became a professor of theology at the major seminary at the Catholic University of Seoul, teaching and running the seminary library until his appointment as bishop in 2015.
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