Type: | Archbishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Archbishop of Gwangju | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Archdiocese of Gwangju |
Predecessor: | Hyginus Kim Hee-jong |
Successor: | "Incumbent" |
Ordination: | January 26, 1994 |
Consecration: | July 6, 2011 |
Consecrated By: | Hyginus Kim Hee-jong |
Birth Date: | 5 March 1968 |
Birth Place: | Gwangju, South Korea |
Motto: | 내 안에 머물러라 |
Other Post: | General Secretary of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea |
Native Name: | 옥현진 시몬 |
Hangul: | 옥현진 |
Hanja: | 玉賢進[1] |
Mr: | Ok Hyŏnjin |
Rr: | Ok Hyeonjin |
Simon Ok Hyun-jin (born March 5, 1968) is the 6th Archbishop of Gwangju.[2]
Ok was ordained a priest on January 26, 1994.[3]
On May 12, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of Gwangju and Titular Bishop of Pederodiana. He was consecrated bishop on July 6, 2011 by Hyginus Kim Hee-jong, Archbishop of Gwangju. Co-consecrators were Andreas Choi Chang-mou, Archbishop Emeritus of Gwangju; Peter Kang U-il, Bishop of Cheju; and Victorinus Youn Kong-hi, Archbishop Emeritus of Gwangju.