Archbishop of Seoul Andrew Yeom Soo-jung expressed solemn and nervous feelings after Pope Francis named him a Cardinal.
 
A Catholic official cited Yeom as saying his heart was overwhelmed and trembling when he first heard the pontiff's choice.
 
The archbishop also asked priests nearby to pray for him, saying he is an insufficient man for the job.
 
President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Korea Bishop Peter Kang U-il said the Catholic community joyfully welcomes Yeom’s appointment.
 
The Archdiocese of Seoul welcomed the news, saying the appointment is a call for the Catholic Church to be with the poor and marginalized. 
 
The pontiff is expected to officially appoint his choices at a consistory on February 22nd. It will be his first appointment of cardinals since he became pope last March.
 
The seventy-one-year old Yeom will become Korea's third cardinal after the late Cardinal Kim Sou-hwan and Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk.