ASIA/KOREA - Appointment of coadjutor archbishop of Daegu

Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Simon Jong-Gang Kim, until now bishop of Cheongju, as coadjutor archbishop of the metropolitan archdiocese of Daegu, Korea.
Archbishop-elect Simon Jong-Gang Kim was born on 2 January 1965 in the diocese of Cheongju. After attending the major seminary of Daegu, he was awarded a master’s degree in theology from the Catholic University of Daegu. He subsequently obtained a licentiate in Church history from the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome.
He was ordained a priest on 28 June 1996 for the diocese of Cheongju.
He has held the following offices: parish vicar of Seoundong, diocese of Cheongju (1996-1997) and of Heungdeok, diocese of Cheongju (1997-1999); parish priest in Haksan, diocese of Cheongju (1999-2001); vice rector of the Pontifical International Missionary College of Saint Paul the Apostle in Rome (2005-2010); director of youth pastoral ministry (2010-2013); parish priest of Gyemyeong (2013-2015); lecturer and spiritual director of the major seminary of Daejeon (2015-2020); and bursar of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea (CBCK) (2020-2022).
He was appointed bishop of Cheongju on 19 March 2022, receiving episcopal consecration on the following 2 May.
Within the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea he has served as member of the Episcopal Commission for Doctrine of the CBCK (2022-2023); since 2022, member and subsequently chair of the Special Episcopal Commission for the Promotion of Beatifications and Canonizations of the CBCK; since 2023, president of the Episcopal Commission for Youth Pastoral Ministry of the CBCK and member of the Episcopal Commission for the Mission and Pastoral Ministry of the CBCK. (EG) (Fides News Agency, 26/5/2026)

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