Young Jin Cho
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Young Jin Cho | |
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Born | September 17, 1946 Onyang, South Korea |
Occupation | Bishop |
Spouse(s) | Kiok Chang |
Children | Grace, Sophia, Chris |
Young Jin Cho is an American Christian bishop of the United Methodist Church. He was elected bishop of Southeastern Jurisdiction, Richmond Episcopal Area, at the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference held July 18–20, 2012, in Lake Junaluska, North Carolina. He is the first Korean-American elected to the episcopacy in the Southeastern Jurisdiction.[1]
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Education[]
Cho received his Th.B. and Th.M. from the Methodist Theological Seminary in Seoul, South Korea, and his M.Div. and D.Min. from the Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC.
Personal life[]
Cho married Kiok Chang on May 19, 1975, in Seoul, South Korea. They have three children together: Grace, Sophia, and Chris.
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Categories:
- 1946 births
- American United Methodist bishops
- South Korean emigrants to the United States
- Living people
- American bishop stubs