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{{Short description|South Korean Catholic cardinal}}
{{hatnote group|{{Family name hatnote|[[Yu (Korean name)|You]]||lang=Korean}}{{baptismal name|Lazarus}}}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Cardinal
| honorific-prefix = [[His Eminence]]
| honorific-suffix = 
| name = Lazarus You Heung-sik
| title = [[Dicastery for the Clergy|Prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy]]
| image = Card. Heung-sik.png
| caption = Cardinal Lazarus You Heung-sik in 2023
| church = [[Roman Catholic Church]]
| archdiocese = 
| diocese = 
| see = 
| term_start = 2 August 2021
| predecessor = [[Beniamino Stella]]
| successor = 
| other_post = Cardinal Deacon of [[Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola]] (2022–present)
<!--   Orders   -->| ordination = 8 December 1979
| ordained_by = 
| consecration = 19 August 2003
| consecrated_by = [[Joseph Kyeong Kap-ryong]]
| cardinal = 27 August 2022
| created_cardinal_by = [[Pope Francis]]
| rank = [[Cardinal deacon]]
<!--   Personal details   -->| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|11|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Nonsan]], [[South Korea]]
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| previous_post = {{unbulleted list|President of the Catholic University of Daejeon (1998-2003)|Coadjutor Bishop of Daejeon (2003–2005)|[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Daejeon|Bishop of Daejeon]] (2005-2021)}}
| religion = [[Roman Catholic]]
| nationality = South Korean
| alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|[[Catholic University of Korea]]|[[Pontifical Lateran University|Lateranum]]}}
| motto = {{langnf|la|Lux mundi|Light of the world|paren=left|break=yes}}; [[John 8|John 8:12]])<ref name="DjCatholic">{{cite press release|language=ko|url=https://www.catholictimes.org/article/article_view.php?aid=142594|trans-work=The Catholic Times of Korea |script-work=ko:가톨릭신문 |access-date=11 June 2021|date=27 July 2003|script-title=ko:대전 유흥식 주교 사목표어·문장 확정}}</ref>
| coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Lazzaro You Heung-Sik (cardinal).svg
}}
{{Infobox cardinal styles
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| dipstyle   = [[His Eminence]]
| offstyle   = [[His Eminence|Your Eminence]]
| relstyle   = [[Cardinal]]
| image      = Coat_of_arms_of_Lazzaro_You_Heung-Sik_(cardinal).svg
| image_size = 220px
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{{Infobox Korean name
|hangul = 유흥식
|hanja  = 兪興植<ref>[https://directory.cbck.or.kr/OnlineAddress/Catholic/DetailInfo.aspx?cgubn=a&gubn=0&gubn2=all&gubn3=all&gubn4=1&gyogu=all&code=201000575&tbxSearch=&char=all His Eminence Lazzaro You Heung-sik]</ref>
|rr     = Yu Heungsik
|mr     = Yu Hŭngsik
}}
'''Lazarus You Heung-sik''' (or '''Lazzaro'''; {{ko-hhrm|유흥식}};<ref>{{cite news|script-work=ko:조선일보 |trans-work=The Chosun Ilbo |url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2003/07/10/2003071070293.html|date=10 July 2003|access-date=13 June 2021|author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.-->|language=ko|script-title=ko:유흥식·김희중 신부 주교로 임명돼}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://directory.cbck.or.kr/OnlineAddress/Catholic/DetailInfo.aspx?cgubn=g&gubn=0&gubn2=u&gubn3=N&gubn4=1&gyogu=201000016&code=201000575&char=all|script-title=ko:한국 천주교 주소록|access-date=13 June 2021|website=[[Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea]]}}</ref> 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]].<ref name=first>{{cite news | access-date = 13 June 2021 | work = Korea Times | title = South Korea's first Vatican Prefect vows to push for Pope's visit to North Korea | date = 12 June 2021 | agency = [[Yonhap News Agency]] | url = https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/05/113_310383.html }}</ref> He previously served as [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Daejeon|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 (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] by [[Pope Francis]] in 2022.

==Biography==
Lazarus You Heung-sik was born on 17 November 1951 in [[Nonsan]], [[South Chungcheong]], [[South Korea]]. He was baptized a Catholic at the age of sixteen.<ref name=vatbio /> He studied first in Seoul at the [[Catholic University of Korea]]<ref>{{cite news | access-date = 12 June 2021 | url= https://fr.zenit.org/2021/06/11/congregation-pour-le-clerge-le-coreen-mgr-lazzaro-you-heung-sik-nomme-prefet/ | language = fr | title = Congrégation pour le clergé: le coréen Mgr Lazzaro You nommé préfet | work = Zenit }}</ref> and then in Rome, where he earned a degree in dogmatic theology at the [[Pontifical Lateran University]]. He was ordained a priest on 9 December 1979.<ref name=vatbio />

His assignments included stints as an assistant priest at the diocesan cathedral, director of a retreat house, and director of an education center.<ref name=ncr20210611 /> Beginning in 1994, he worked as a spiritual director and professor at the {{Ill|Catholic University of Daejeon|ko|대전가톨릭대학교}}; he became its president from 1998 to 2003.<ref name=oconnell>{{cite news | work = [[America (magazine)|America]] | access-date = 12 June 2021 | date = 11 June 2021 | url = https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2021/06/11/pope-francis-bishop-you-korea-240843 | title = Pope Francis appoints Korean bishop to head the Vatican Congregation for the Clergy | first = Gerard | last = O'Connell }}</ref> He has been associated with the [[Focolare Movement]] and attended international gatherings of bishops who promote it.<ref name=oconnell/><ref>{{cite interview|access-date=12 June 2021|url=http://www.fides.org/en/news/1778-ASIA_SOUTH_KOREA_The_mission_of_the_Church_in_Korea_is_founded_on_Korea_s_martyrs_Bishop_Lazzaro_You_Heung_Sik_coadjutor_Bishop_of_Daejeon_speaks_with_Fides|date=23 February 2004|title="The mission of the Church in Korea is founded on Korea's martyrs": Bishop Lazzaro You Heung Sik, coadjutor Bishop of Daejeon speaks with Fides|publisher = Agenzia Fides|first=Lazarus, Heung-sik|last=You}}</ref>

On 9 July 2003, [[Pope John Paul II]] named him Bishop Coadjutor of the Diocese of Daejeon.<ref name=vatbio>{{cite press release | language = it | date = 9 July 2003 | access-date = 11 June 2021 | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2003/07/09/0355/01133.html | publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 09.07.2003 }}</ref> He received his episcopal consecration on 19 August 2003 from Bishop [[Joseph Kyeong Kap-ryong]] of Daejeon.<ref>{{cite news|language=ko|url=https://www.catholictimes.org/article/article_view.php?aid=142938|trans-work=The Catholic Times of Korea |script-work=ko:가톨릭신문 |access-date=11 June 2021|date=24 August 2003 |author=마승열 |author2=서상덕 |author3=이승환 |script-title=ko:대전교구 유흥식 부교구장 주교 서품식 이모저모}}</ref> He became bishop upon the retirement of Kyeong on 1 April 2005.<ref>{{cite press release | language = it | date = 1 April 2005 | access-date = 11 June 2021 | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2005/04/01/0176/00375.html | publisher = Holy See Press Office | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 01.04.2005 }}</ref>

On 29 May 2007, [[Pope Benedict XVI]] named him a member of the [[Pontifical Council Cor Unum|Pontifical Council ''Cor Unum'']].<ref>{{cite press release | access-date = 12 June 2021 | date = 29 May 2007 | language = it | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2007/05/29/0288/00762.html | title = Rinunce e Nomine, 29.05.2007 | publisher = Holy See Press Office}}</ref>{{efn|This membership ended when ''Cor Unum'' was absorbed into the new [[Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development]] in 2017.<ref name=crux20210611>{{cite news | access-date = 12 June 2021 | work = Crux | url = https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2021/06/pope-names-south-korea-bishop-prefect-for-clergy/ | date = 11 June 2021 | title = Pope names South Korea bishop prefect for clergy | agency = Catholic News Service | first = Carol | last = Glatz }}</ref>}}

While bishop of Daejeon he has led several of the [[Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea]]'s committees, including those on migrants, youth ministry, and the promotion of the cause of Korean martyrs.<ref name=oconnell />{{efn|Some large groups of [[Korean martyrs]] have been beatified or canonized. You's commission was tasked with two additional groups: 133 laypeople martyred in the late eighteenth century and 81 from the 21st century.<ref>{{cite news | publisher = Asia News | url = http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Beatification-process-underway-for-P'yŏng-yang-bishop-and-the-other-213-martyrs-40125.html | title = Beatification process underway for P'yŏng-yang bishop and the other 213 martyrs | last = Kim| first = Pietro | date = 3 July 2017 | access-date = 11 June 2021 }}</ref>}} While serving as head of Caritas Korea from 2004 to 2008,<ref name=crux20210611/> You visited [[Pyongyang]] four times.<ref name=ncr20210611>{{cite news | access-date = 11 June 2021 | date = 11 June 2021 | work = National Catholic Reporter | url = https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/francis-names-south-korean-bishop-new-head-vaticans-clergy-office | title = Francis names South Korean bishop as new head of Vatican's clergy office | first = Joshua J. | last = McElwee }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | access-date = 12 June 2021 | url = https://www.farodiroma.it/il-vescovo-coreano-lazzaro-you-heung-sik-nuovo-prefetto-della-congregazione-del-clero-sottoposta-a-visita-canonica-il-card-stella-resta-per-ora-come-reggente/ | title = Il vescovo coreano Lazzaro You Heung-sik nuovo prefetto della Congregazione del Clero (sottoposta a visita canonica). Il card. Stella resta per ora come reggente | language = it | date= 11 June 2021 | website = Faro di Roma }}</ref>

In 2014, his diocese hosted Pope Francis, who celebrated Mass in [[Daejeon World Cup Stadium]], participated in Asian Youth Day, and met with Asian bishops.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.focolare.org/fr/news/2014/08/13/papa-francesco-in-corea/ | access-date = 12 June 2021 | title = Le Pape François en Corée | language = fr | date = 13 August 2014 | website = Mouvement des Focolari | archive-date = 11 June 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210611183418/https://www.focolare.org/fr/news/2014/08/13/papa-francesco-in-corea/ | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | work = Wall Street Journal | access-date = 12 June 2021 | date = 15 August 2014 | url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/pope-holds-first-mass-in-south-korea-1408070930 | title = Pope Francis Holds First Public Mass in South Korea | first1 = Deborah | last1 = Ball | first2= Jonathan | last2= Cheng}}</ref> He participated in the 2018 Synod of Bishops on Youth and Discernment by papal appointment.<ref>{{cite news | access-date = 13 June 2021 | work = Crux | url = https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2018/09/francis-synod-appointees-reflect-papal-priorities/ | first = Elise | last = Harris | title = Pope Francis taps loyalists for key roles in Synod of Bishops | date = 15 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release | access-date = 12 June 2021 | language = it | date = 15 September 2018 |url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2018/09/15/0644/01374.html | title = XV Assemblea Generale Ordinaria del Sinodo dei Vescovi (3-28 ottobre 2018) – Elenco dei Partecipanti, 15.09.2018 | publisher = Holy See Press Office }}</ref> He described the situation of young people in Korea: "Since childhood they grow up in a highly competitive society. Competition thwarts fraternal relations, it casts off friendships and nurtures loneliness."<ref>{{cite interview | first = Lazarus, Heung-sik| last = You | access-date = 13 June 2021 | url = https://www.agensir.it/mondo/2018/10/02/a-few-days-ahead-of-the-synod-msgr-lazzaro-you-korea-a-new-era-of-hope-for-young-people/ | date= 2 October 2018 | title = A few days ahead of the Synod. Msgr. Lazzaro You (Korea): "A new era of hope for young people" | publisher = AgenSIR | interviewer = M. Chiara Biagioni }}</ref> He took advantage of the synod to meet the two participating bishops from China. He expressed hope for peace on the Korean peninsula; he imagined an eventual papal visit to [[North Korea]], but warned that it would require extensive preparations, "starting with the issue of religious freedom and the presence of priests".<ref>{{cite news | access-date = 13 June 2021 | url = https://www.lastampa.it/vatican-insider/en/2018/10/11/news/the-pope-in-north-korea-would-be-a-giant-step-for-peace-1.34051769 | work = La Stampa | date= 1 October 2018 | title = "The Pope in North Korea would be a giant step for peace" | first = Iacopo | last = Scaramuzzi}}</ref> On 14 October 2020 he became secretary of the Korean Bishops Conference.<ref name=oconnell />

On 11 June 2021, [[Pope Francis]] appointed him to succeed Cardinal [[Beniamino Stella]] as prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, with the date on which he takes office left unspecified.<ref name="prefect">{{cite press release|language=it|url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2021/06/11/0376/00826.html|publisher=Holy See Press Office|access-date=11 June 2021|date=11 June 2021|title=Rinunce e Nomine, 11.06.2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|language=en|url=https://apnews.com/article/europe-religion-d623d02e837b635ff905b8e712c0372e|publisher=Associated Press News|access-date=11 June 2021|date=11 June 2021|last=Winfield|first=Nicole|title=Pope taps South Korean to head Vatican office for priests}}</ref> He was given the personal title of archbishop along with that of bishop emeritus of Daejeon.<ref name=prefect /> You subsequently moved to Rome and assumed his new post as the prefect on 2 August.<ref>{{cite web | access-date = 4 August 2021 | url = http://www.clerus.va/content/clerus/it/notizie/new209.html | title = S.E. Lazzaro You Heung-sik | language = it | website = Congregation for the Clergy | archive-date = 1 July 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220701200600/http://www.clerus.va/content/clerus/it/notizie/new209.html | url-status = dead }}</ref>

In February 2022, he participated in the [[San Damaso Ecclesiastical University]] of Madrid, Spain, with a conference in the fifth edition of the pastoral update sessions for priests.<ref>{{cite news|language=es|url=https://www.cope.es/religion/hoy-en-dia/iglesia-universal/noticias/prefecto-congregacion-para-clero-habla-sobre-celibato-sin-entiende-20220215_1858086|publisher=Cope|access-date=19 February 2022|date=19 February 2022|last=De la Torre|first=Sara|title=Prefect of the Clergy visited the San Dámaso University of Madrid, Spain}}</ref>

On 29 May 2022, Pope Francis announced that he would elevate You to the rank of [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]].<ref>{{cite news|language=en|url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2022-05/pope-announces-21-new-cardinals-from-around-the-world.html|publisher=Vatican News|access-date=29 May 2022|date=29 May 2022|title=Pope announces 21 new Cardinals from around the world}}</ref> On 27 August, Pope Francis made him a [[Cardinal-Deacon]] of<ref>{{cite news | access-date = 29 August 2022 | date = 27 August 2022 | work = The Tablet | url = https://thetablet.org/pope-creates-20-new-cardinals-including-san-diego-archbishop/ | title = Pope Creates 20 New Cardinals, Including San Diego Bishop | first = Junno | last = Arocho Esteves }}</ref> [[Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/2022/documents/ns_lit_doc_20220827_titoli-diaconie-nuovi-cardinali_it.html|title=Assegnazione dei Titoli e delle Diaconie ai nuovi Cardinali|date=27 August 2022|website=[[Holy See|The Holy See]]|publisher=[[Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff|Ufficio delle Celebrazioni Liturgiche del Sommo Pontefice]]|language=it|trans-title=Assignment of Titles and Deaconries to the new Cardinals|access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref>

On 13 July 2022, Pope Francis named him a member of the [[Dicastery for Bishops]].<ref>{{cite press release | access-date = 13 July 2022 | date = 13 July 2022 | language = it | url = https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2022/07/13/0533/01074.html | title = Rinunce e nomine, 13.07.2022 | publisher = Holy See Press Office}}</ref>

He participated as a [[Cardinal electors in the 2025 papal conclave|cardinal elector]] in the [[2025 papal conclave]] that elected [[Pope Leo XIV]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/scardc3.html| title=Cardinal Electors|date=6 May 2025|publisher=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|language=en|access-date=6 May 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250506193115/https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/scardc3.html|archive-date=6 May 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Cardinals created by Pope Francis]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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* {{cite web|url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_youheung-sik_l.html| title=You Heung-sik Card. Lazzaro|website=[[Holy See Press Office]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828005205/https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_youheung-sik_l.html|archive-date=28 August 2022|url-status=live}}
* {{cite web | url = https://www.djcatholic.or.kr/bishop/pages/profile.php | website = Diocese of Daejeon | title = Most Rev. Lazzaro YOU Heung Sik, S.T.D. }}
* {{cite web | website = Catholic Hierarchy | url = http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/byouh.html | title = Archbishop Lazarus You Heung-sik }} [[Wikipedia:SPS|{{sup|[''self-published'']}}]]

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{{s-ttl|title=[[Roman Catholic Diocese of Daejeon|Bishop of Daejeon]]|years=1 April 2005 – 29 July 2021}}
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{{s-ttl|title=Prefect of the [[Dicastery for the Clergy]]|years=2 August 2021 – present}}
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{{s-ttl|title=Cardinal Deacon of [[Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola]]|years=27 August 2022 – present}}
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