Archbishop Victorinus Youn Kong-hi

Archbishop Emeritus of Gwangju, Korea (South)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Nov 1924		Born
20 Mar 1950	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest
7 Oct 1963	38.9	Appointed	Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South)
20 Oct 1963	38.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Suwon, Korea (South)
25 Oct 1973	48.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Gwangju, Korea (South)
30 Nov 2000	76.0	Retired	Archbishop of Gwangju, Korea (South)

MicroData Summary
Victorinus Youn Kong-hi
Archbishop Victorinus Youn Kong-hi
(born 8 Nov 1924)
Archbishop Emeritus of Gwangju

Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Chinnamp'o
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Gwangju.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Paul VI
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Pietro Sigismondi †
Titular Archbishop of Neapolis in Pisidia
Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli †
Titular Archbishop of Iconium

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope Paul VI (1954)
(St. Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini †)
Eugène-Gabriel-Gervais-Laurent Cardinal Tisserant † (1937)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Cardinal Pacelli † (1917)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
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

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Angelo Kim Nam-su † (1974)
Bishop Mathias Ri Iong-hoon (Lee Yong-Hoon) (2003)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop René Marie Albert Dupont, M.E.P. † (1969)
Bishop Michael Pak Jeong-il † (1977)
Bishop Paul Kim Ok-kyun † (1985)
Bishop Vincent Ri Pyung-ho (1990)
Bishop John of the Cross Chang-yik † (1994)
Bishop Paul Choi Deok-ki (1996)
Archbishop Hyginus Kim Hee-jong (2003)
Archbishop Simon Ok Hyun-jjn (2011)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 16155103991076201806
WikiData: Q562484

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1963, Number 113

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