Paul Kim (Anglican bishop)

The Most Revd Paul Geun Sang Kim
Bishop of Seoul Primate and Metropolitan of the Anglican Church of Korea

Native name	김근상
Province	Korea
See	Seoul
Appointed	January 2008
Installed	15 January 2009
Predecessor	Francis Kyeong Jo Park
Orders
Ordination	1980
Consecration	27 May 2008 by Francis Kyeong Jo Park
Personal details
Birth name	Paul Geun-Sang Kim
Born	1952 (age 63–64)
Nationality	Korean
Denomination	Anglican
Previous post	Dean of Seoul Anglican Cathedral
Education	Sogang University
Alma mater	Catholic University of Korea Sungkonghoe University

Paul Geun-Sang Kim (also Keun-Sang and similar; born 1952) is an Anglican bishop of the Diocese of Seoul and the Primate of the Province of Korea.

He was ordained in 1980 and was elected bishop in January 2008, to take the place of the soon-to-retire, Archbishop Francis Kyung Jo Park. He was consecrated on May 27, 2008 and succeeded Archbishop Francis on January 15, 2009. In 2010, to succeed the Primate of Korea, Solomon Jong Mo Yoon, he was elected Primate of the Province of Korea.

References

External links

bishop.cathedral
skh.or (Korean)

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