Hyginus Kim Hee-jong was the 5th

Archbishop In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdi ...

, and current

Archbishop Emeritus In the Catholic Church, a bishop is an ordained minister who holds the fullness of the sacrament of holy orders and is responsible for teaching doctrine, governing Catholics in his jurisdiction, sanctifying the world and representing the Chu ...

, of the

Gwangju Gwangju () is South Korea's sixth-largest metropolis. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister. The city was also the capital of South Jeolla Province until the provincial office ...

. Born in

Mokpo Mokpo (; ''Mokpo-si'') is a city in South Jeolla Province, South Korea, located at the southwestern tip of the Korean Peninsula, close to Yudal mountain. Mokpo has frequent high-speed train services to Seoul, and is the terminus for a number of fe ...

South Jeolla Province South Jeolla Province (; ''Jeollanam-do''; ), also known as Jeonnam, is a province of South Korea. South Jeolla has a population of 1,902,324 (2014) and has a geographic area of located in the Honam region at the southwestern tip of the Korean ...

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in 1947, he was ordained a priest of the

Archdiocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

in 1975. On 24 June 2003, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese. On 25 March 2010, he succeeded Archbishop

Andreas Choi Chang-mou Andreas Choi Chang-mou is the fourth Archbishop of Gwangju. Born in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, Korea in 1936, he was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Seoul on June 9, 1963. On February 3, 1994, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul ...

. He was elected President of the

Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea is the Catholic episcopal conference of Korea. List of presidents * Thomas F. Quinlan, S.S.C.M.E., Bishop of Chunchon (1959–1964) *Paul Roh Ki-nam, Archbishop of Seoul (1964–1967) * Victorinus Youn ...

in 2014.

References

External links

Profile from the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea
21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in South Korea South Korean Roman Catholic archbishops Living people 1947 births People from Mokpo Roman Catholic archbishops of Gwangju Roman Catholic bishops of Gwangju {{RC-archbishop-stub