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My Take
I hesitated over whether a Vatican cardinal belongs in a celebrity database, but Lazarus You Heung-sik is too remarkable to leave out. Born in rural Nonsan, he rose to become Prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy, the first Korean ever to head a department of the Roman Curia. That is a staggering ascent, or perhaps a staggering vocation, overseeing the clergy of a global church of over a billion. His is a life given to prayer and service, utterly removed from the world of fame. To a secular observer like me it feels like another order of existence entirely, and people who quietly hold the world up deserve to be recorded with genuine respect.
Overview
Lazarus You Heung-sik (or Lazzaro; Korean: 유흥식; born 17 November 1951) is a South Korean prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as Prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy since 2021. He is the first Korean to head a department of the Roman Curia. He previously served as Bishop of Daejeon from 2005 to 2021, after two years as a coadjutor bishop under Bishop Joseph Kyeong Kap-ryong.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lazarus You Heung-sik
- Name (Japanese)
- ラザロ兪興植
- Reading
- らざろ兪興植
- Born
- November 17, 1951 (age 74)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Rabbit
- Origin
- Nonsan, South Chungcheong, South Korea
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- Catholic priest / Latin Catholic bishop
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Nonsan Daegeon High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%AA%E8%88%88%E6%A4%8D
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.