Lazarus You Heung-sik


Lazarus You Heung-sik
Prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy
Cardinal Lazarus You Heung-sik in 2023
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Installed2 August 2021
PredecessorBeniamino Stella
Other post(s)Cardinal Deacon of Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola (2022–present)
Previous post(s)
  • President of the Catholic University of Daejeon (1998-2003)
  • Coadjutor Bishop of Daejeon (2003–2005)
  • Bishop of Daejeon (2005-2021)
Orders
Ordination8 December 1979
Consecration19 August 2003
by Joseph Kyeong Kap-ryong
Created cardinal27 August 2022
by Pope Francis
RankCardinal deacon
Personal details
Born (1951-11-17) 17 November 1951
NationalitySouth Korean
DenominationRoman Catholic
Alma mater
MottoLux mundi
(Latin for 'Light of the world'; John 8:12)
Coat of arms
Styles of
Lazarus You Heung-sik
Reference styleHis Eminence
Spoken styleYour Eminence
Informal styleCardinal
Lazarus You Heung-sik
Hangul
유흥식
Hanja
兪興植
Revised RomanizationYu Heungsik
McCune–ReischauerYu Hŭngsik

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. You was created a cardinal by Pope Francis in 2022.