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]
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.