Name : Francis Xavier Yu Soo-il

Status : Bishop of Military Ordinariate in Korea

Date of Birth : Mar. 23, 1945

Place of birth:  Nonsan 
Address:  Yongsan-gu, Seoul 
    

Educational Course

1964   Graduated  from Daejeon High School
1969   B.A. of English Education, Seoul National University
1979       Finishes Major Seminary of Seoul
1990      Master of Spiritual Theology, St. Bonaventure University, New York, U.S.A.
               

Biographical History

1973    Enters the Order of Friars Minor
Feb. 25, 1980  Ordained to the Priesthood
1980     Parochial Vicar of Seryu-dong Parish of Suwon
1980 - 1982   Pastor of Chilam-dong Parish of Masan
1982 - 1985     Vicar Provincial of OFM
   Director of Myeongdowon, Language School for Foreigners (OFM, Seoul)
1985 - 1988   Rector of the Religious Formation Institute in Korea
1991 - 1997  Provincial Minister OFM
1993 - 1995   President of the Korean Conference of Major Superiors of Men’s 
                    Religious Institutes and Societies of Apostolic Life
1997 - 2003  Definitor General of OFM, Rome
1999 - 2001  President of East Asia Conference of OFM
2003 - 2006  Spiritual Assistant for the Secular Franciscans in Jeonju
2006 - 2010  Guardian of the Pastoral Community in Jeong-dong
2010   Vicar of the Formation House in Seoul
July 16, 2010  Elected as Bishop of the Military Ordinariate in Korea
Sept.15, 2010  Consecrated as Bishop