Name : Joseph Son Sam-seok

 Status : Auxiliary Bishop of Busan
 Date of Birth : Nov. 3, 1955

 Place of birth: Busan 
 Address: 70-4, Namcheon 1-dong, Suyeong-gu, Busan
    

Educational Course

Mar. 1973 - Feb. 1982    Studied at the Gwangju Catholic University
1987 - 1988    Studied at the East Asian Pastoral Institute, Manila
June 1988 - Oct. 1992  Studied at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome, Doctorate in Biblical Theology 

Biographical History

Feb. 6, 1982   Ordained to the Priesthood
Feb. 6, 1982 - Feb. 3, 1983    Parochial Vicar in Beomil Parish of Busan
Feb. 4, 1983 - Jan. 27, 1984     Parochial Vicar in Jeonpo Parish of Busan
Oct. 1992 - June 1993    Studied at the Pontifical Institute of Bible in Rome
Feb. 5, 1994 - Feb. 12, 2001    Professor at the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University of Busan
Feb. 13, 2001 - Dec. 18, 2006   President of the Catholic University of Busan
Dec. 19, 2006 - Jan. 9, 2008    Sabbatical Year
Jan. 10, 2008 - Dec.29 2008    Professor at the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University of Busan
Dec.30, 2008 - June 2010     Dean of the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University of Busan
                                          Rector of the Major Seminary of Busan
June 4, 2010     Elected as Auxiliary Bishop of Busan
July 9, 2010      Consecrated as Bishop