Rev. Chris J. Han

Ordained August 1, 2020 by Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney, DD

Born in Seoul, South Korea, Rev. Mr. Han is the son of the late Francis Han and Veronica Jung of Las Vegas. His home parish is Assumption in Morristown. He attended elementary and middle schools in South Korea (1991–99) and was graduated from Sierra Vista High School in Las Vegas (2004). He served in the U.S. Marine Corps (2004 –10) and was deployed to Iraq in 2007 for the Operation of Iraqi Freedom. He was honorably discharged with the rank of sergeant. He then attended the University of Las Vegas, where he earned a biology degree in 2013. He completed his priestly studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, where he was ordained to the transitional diaconate.