Archbishop Hyginus Kim Hee-jong

Archbishop Emeritus of Gwangju, Korea (South)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Feb 1947		Born
5 Jul 1975	28.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Gwangju, Korea (South)
9 Jul 2003	56.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Gwangju, Korea (South)
9 Jul 2003	56.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Corniculana
18 Aug 2003	56.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Corniculana
10 Jul 2009	62.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Gwangju, Korea (South)
25 Mar 2010	63.0	Succeeded	Archbishop of Gwangju, Korea (South)
19 Nov 2022	75.7	Retired	Archbishop of Gwangju, Korea (South)

MicroData Summary for Hyginus Kim Hee-jong
(WikiData: Q1640484)
Archbishop Hyginus Kim Hee-jong (born 21 Feb 1947) Archbishop Emeritus of Gwangju

Ad Limina - November 2007: Bishop
Ad Limina - March 2015: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Bukkyu-dong Mopko-shi
Ordained Bishop Yomju-Dong, Church, Kwangju, Archdiocese of Gwangju

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Gwangju.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Andreas Choi Chang-mou
Archbishop of Gwangju
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Victorinus Youn Kong-hi
Archbishop Emeritus of Gwangju
Bishop Peter Kang U-il
Bishop of Cheju

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Andreas Choi Chang-mou (1994)
Archbishop of Gwangju
Stephen Cardinal Kim Sou-hwan † (1966)
Archbishop of Seoul
Archbishop Antonio del Giudice † (1962)
Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Simon Ok Hyun-jjn (2011)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John Kim Son-Tae (2017)
Bishop Pius Moon Chang-woo (2017)

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 10 Jul 2009
s: Bollettino, 25 Mar 2010
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 172, Number 14,441
r: Bollettino, 19 Nov 2022

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