Augustinus Kim Jong-soo explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Augustinus Kim Jong-soo
Bishop of Daejeon
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Diocese:Diocese of Daejeon
Term:February 26, 2022
Predecessor:Lazzaro You Heung-sik
Ordination:February 13, 1989
Consecration:March 3, 2009
Consecrated By:Joseph Kyeong Kap-ryong
Birth Date:8 February 1956
Birth Place:Daeheung-dong, Daejeon, South Korea
Motto:No Ego, Vivit In Me Christus

Augustinus Kim Jong-soo (; born February 8, 1956) is a South Korean prelate of the Catholic Church and the current Bishop of the Diocese of Daejeon.[1] [2]

Biography

Kim was born in Daeheung-dong, Daejeon, South Korea and ordained a priest on February 13, 1989. On February 10, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of Daejeon and Titular Bishop of Sufasar. On March 3, 2009, he was consecrated by Joseph Kyeong Kap-ryong, retired Bishop of Daejeon, with Lazarus You Heung-sik, and Cardinal Nicolas Cheong Jin-suk, Archbishop of Seoul, as co-consecrators.

Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Daejeon on February 26, 2022.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bkimjs.html Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Augustinus Kim Jong Soo"
  2. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/taej0.htm GCatholic.org: "Diocese of Daejeon"