ASIA/KOREA - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Suwon

Vatican City - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Germanus Kwak Jin-Sang, of the clergy of Suwon, Korea, until now parish priest of Seopangyo, as auxiliary bishop of the same diocese, assigning him the titular see of Forma.
Msgr. Germanus Kwak Jin-Sang was born on 20 December 1964 in Suwon. He obtained a licentiate in theology from Suwon Catholic University and a doctorate in systematic theology at the Institut Catholique de Paris.
He was ordained a priest on 2 February 1993 for the diocese of Suwon.
He has held the following offices: deputy parish priest of Jungang (1993-1994), deputy parish priest of Saint John in Bundang (1994-1995), deputy parish priest of the co-cathedral in Jowon-dong (1995-1996), parish priest of Beomgye (2005-2006), professor at Suwon Catholic University and the major seminary of Suwon (2006-2023), rector of the major seminary of Suwon and dean of the Catholic University (2018-2022), member of the diocesan College of Consultors and the diocesan Presbyteral Council (2018-2022), and since 2023, parish priest of Seopangyo. (Agenzia Fides, 20/12/2025)