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Apostolic Administrator Lucas Woon-hoe Kim
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Apostolic Administrator Lucas Woon-hoe Kim
400, Hyoja 2-dong,
Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do,
200-948, South Korea

Phone: +82-33 240-6032
Fax :+82-33 240-6034
Email: [email protected]

Bishop Lucas Kim Woon-hoe was born on Oct. 18, 1944, in Seoul. He was ordained priest on Dec. 8, 1973, and was appointed auxiliary bishop of Seoul on Sept. 13, 2002. His episcopal ordination was on Nov. 21, 2002. He was appointed bishop of Chunchon and apostolic administrator of Hamhung on Jan. 28, 2010, and consecrated on March 25, 2010.

Bishop Kim is member of the Episcopal Commission for Mission and Pastoral Care and president of the Special Episcopal Commission for the Reconciliation of the Korean People, and president of the Committee for the Reconciliation of the Korean People of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea (CBCK). Also he is a member of the Permanent Council of the CBCK and a director of the Catholic Conference of Korea (CCK).

Previous Ordinaries:

  • Bishop John Chang Yik, D.D. (apostolic administrator) (2005-2010)
  • Abbot Placid RI Tong-ho, O.S.B (apostolic administrator) (1981-2005)
  • Monsignor Timothy Bitterli, O.S.B. (apostolic administrator) (1952-1980)
  • Bishop Boniface Sauer, O.S.B., D.D. (apostolic vicar) (1940-1950)

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