Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Paul Kyung Sang Lee | |
Native Name: | Marathi: 폴 이경상 |
Native Name Lang: | mr |
Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul | |
Diocese: | Seoul |
Appointed: | 24 February 2024 |
Other Post: | Titular Bishop of Germania in Numidia |
Ordination: | 12 February 1988 |
Consecration: | 11 April 2024 |
Consecrated By: | Peter Chung Soon-taick |
Birth Name: | Paul Kyung Sang Lee |
Birth Date: | 1 November 1960 |
Birth Place: | Pil-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea[1] |
Previous Post: | Judicial Vicar of the archdiocese of Seoul |
Alma Mater: | Pontifical Lateran University |
Motto: | Vivere In Corde Jesu |
Paul Kyung Sang Lee (; born 1 November 1960) is a Korean prelate of the Catholic Church who has been auxiliary bishop of the Seoul since April 2024.[2] [3] [4]
Bishop Lee was born on 1 November 1960 in Pil-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea.[1] He studied philosophy and theology in the major seminary of Seoul. He earned a licentiate and a doctorate in canon law at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome.
He was ordained a priest on 12 February 1988.[5] He was deputy parish priest of Sadang-dong in Seoul from 1988 to 1990 and then returned to Rome to study canon law from 1990 to 1995.
He returned to Seoul and served in the following positions: parish priest of Dongdaemun and of Banghak-dong from 1996 to 1999; executive secretary of the Faculty of Medicine of the Catholic University of Korea from 2001 to 2004; executive secretary of the Foundation for Catholic Education from 2004 to 2009; chaplain of the Catholic Medical Centre from 2009 to 2011; vice president of the Catholic Medical Centre from 2011 to 2013; secretary general of the Foundation for Catholic Education from 2013 to 2022; judicial vicar of the archdiocese of Seoul from 2018 to 2024; and parish priest of Saint Ignatius Kim of Gaepo-dong from 2022 to 2024.
He was appointed auxiliary bishop of Seoul and Titular Bishop of Germania in Numidia by Pope Francis on 24 February 2024.[6]
He received his episcopal consecration on 11 April 2024 by Peter Chung Soon-taick at Myeongdong Cathedral.