3, Dap-dong, Incheon,
400-090, Korea
Phone: (82) 32-765-6914; +82-032-765-6930
Fax :(82) 32-765-6987
Email:
[email protected];
[email protected]
Bishop John Baptist Jung Shin-chul was born on Oct. 22, 1964, in Incheon. He was ordained priest on Jan. 29, 1993, and appointed auxiliary bishop of Incheon on Apr. 29, 2010. His episcopal ordination was on Jun. 16, 2010. Bishop Jung is vicar general of the diocese and a member of the Episcopal Commission for Social Affairs of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea (CBCK). He is also president of the Committee for Foreign Mission Work and Pastoral Care of Overseas Koreans of the CBCK.
Pope Francis had appointed Bishop Jung as the third bishop of Incheon. He was appointed Bishop on Nov. 10, 2016.