Archbishop Simon Ok Hyun-jjn

Archbishop of Gwangju, Korea (South)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Mar 1968		Born
26 Jan 1994	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Gwangju, Korea (South)
12 May 2011	43.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Gwangju, Korea (South)
12 May 2011	43.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Pederodiana
6 Jul 2011	43.3	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Pederodiana
19 Nov 2022	54.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Gwangju, Korea (South)
30 Nov 2022	54.7	Installed	Archbishop of Gwangju, Korea (South)

MicroData Summary
Simon Ok Hyun-jjn
Archbishop Simon Ok Hyun-jjn
(born 5 Mar 1968)
Archbishop of Gwangju

Ad Limina - March 2015: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Muan, Archdiocese of Gwangju
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Kwangju, Archdiocese of Gwangju

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Gwangju.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

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

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Hyginus Kim Hee-jong (2003)
Archbishop of Gwangju
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2287747

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 12 May 2011
ob/c2: CB, 16 May 2011
c3+: CB, 11 Jul 2011
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 207, Number 17,111
ab: Bollettino, 19 Nov 2022
i: AM, 24 Nov 2022

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