Jung, Reverend Joseph B.

1924- 2020

Reverend Joseph B. Jung, Retired, died on Monday, December 7, 2020.

Father Jung was born on February 29, 1924, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is the son of the late Jung Sing Kee and the late Moya Wong. Father Jung attended Lewis Elkin School, Philadelphia, and Northeast Catholic High School, Philadelphia, before entering Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary.

Father Jung was ordained on May 10, 1956, at Immaculate Conception Church in Germantown, by Most Reverend John F. O’Hara, C.S.C. Father Jung served as Parochial Vicar, Saint Joseph Parish, Summit Hill; Saint Catherine of Siena Parish, Allentown; Resurrection of Our Lord Parish, Chester; Saint Patrick Parish, Norristown; Saint Ann Parish, Phoenixville; Nativity B.V.M. Parish, Philadelphia; Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Doylestown; Annunciation B.V.M. Parish, Philadelphia; and Mother of Divine Providence Parish, King of Prussia. In 1996 he was appointed Senior Priest Saint Agnes Parish, West Chester, until he retired in 1998.

Most Reverend Edward M. Deliman will celebrate the Funeral Mass for Reverend Joseph B. Jung at Saint Mary Magdalen Church, Media, on Monday, December 14, 2020, at 12:00 noon.

Father Jung is survived by his sister, Anna, and niece. Internment will be at Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery, Springfield.