Archbishop Simon Kim Jong-Gang

Coadjutor Archbishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
2 Jan 1965		Born
28 Jun 1996	31.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cheongju {Ch’ongju}, Korea (South)
19 Mar 2022	57.2	Appointed	Bishop of Cheongju {Ch’ongju}, Korea (South)
2 May 2022	57.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Cheongju {Ch’ongju}, Korea (South)
26 May 2026	61.3	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Daegu {Taegu}, Korea (South)

MicroData Summary
Simon Kim Jong-Gang
Archbishop Simon Kim Jong-Gang
(born 2 Jan 1965)
Coadjutor Archbishop of Daegu {Taegu}

Event Place
Birth Place Cheongju, Diocese of Cheongju {Ch’ongju}
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Cheongju, Diocese of Cheongju {Ch’ongju}

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Daegu {Taegu}.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Gabriel Chang Bong-hun
Bishop Emeritus of Cheongju {Ch’ongju}
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Thaddeus Cho Hwan-Kil
Archbishop of Daegu {Taegu}
Bishop Lucas Kim Woon-hoe (Un-hoe)
Bishop Emeritus of Ch’unch’ŏn

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Gabriel Chang Bong-hun (1999)
Bishop Emeritus of Cheongju {Ch’ongju}
Archbishop Nicholas Cheong Jin-Suk † (1970)
Archbishop of Seoul
Archbishop Paul Marie Kinam Ro † (1942)
Titular Archbishop of Tituli in Proconsulari
Bishop Adrien-Joseph Larribeau, M.E.P. † (1927)
Titular Bishop of Dusa
Archbishop Gustave-Charles-Marie Mutel, M.E.P. † (1890)
Titular Archbishop of Ratiaria
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Cheongju, Diocese of Cheongju {Ch’ongju}
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Cheongju, Diocese of Cheongju {Ch’ongju}

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q111293161

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 19 Mar 2022
ob: CB, 18 Apr 2022
c2+: CB, 2 May 2022
b/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 252, Number 20,910
ab: Bollettino, 26 May 2026

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