Francis Hong Yong-ho


Francis Hong Yong-ho
Bishop of Pyongyang
Native name
홍용호 프란치스코 (Korean)
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ProvinceSeoul
DiocesePyongyang
In office1962–?
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination25 May 1933
Consecration29 June 1944
by Bonifatius Sauer, O.S.B.
Personal details
Born12 October 1906
DiedUnknown; death was acknowledged in June 2013 by the Holy See
DenominationRoman Catholicism
MottoSurgite eamus
Ordination history of
Francis Hong Yong-ho
History
Priestly ordination
Date25 May 1933
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorBonifatius Sauer, O.S.B.
Co-consecratorsIrenaeus Hayasaka [ja],
Paul Roh Ki-nam
Date29 June 1944

Francis Hong Yong-ho (Korean홍용호 프란치스코; Hanja洪龍浩; born 12 October 1906 – death unknown, but acknowledged in June 2013) was a Roman Catholic prelate in North Korea who was imprisoned by the communist regime of Kim Il Sung in 1949 and later disappeared. After his disappearance, he was for many years listed as the Bishop of Pyongyang.