Theophanes Kim

Theophanes Kim
Archbishop of Korea
Bishop Theophanes in 2017
Native name
Феофан
ChurchRussian Orthodox Church
MetropolisPatriarchal Exarchate in South-East Asia
DioceseDiocese of Korea (Russian Orthodox Church)
Appointed4 April 2019
PredecessorArchbishop of the Russian Orthodox diocese of Korea: office established
SuccessorArchbishop of the Russian Orthodox diocese of Korea: incumbent
Orders
RankArchbishop
Personal details
Born
Alexei Illarionovich Kim

(1976-01-19) January 19, 1976 (age 48)
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
DenominationEastern Orthodox Church

Archbishop Theophanes (Russian: Архиепископ Феофан, secular name Alexei Illarionovich Kim, Russian: Алексей Илларионович Ким; born January 19, 1976) is a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church; he is the Archbishop of the Russian Orthodox diocese of Korea of the Patriarchal Exarchate in South-East Asia.

He is the first Eastern Orthodox bishop of Korean ancestry.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ OCP (2011-10-08). "Archimandrite Feofan (Kim) will be the first Korean bishop of the ROC". News | Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  2. ^ "Владыка Феофан (Ким): первый епископ-кореец". www.pravmir.ru (in Russian). 7 October 2011. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  3. ^ Marc, Jon (2011-10-30). "Musings from the Fourth Rome: Bishop of Kyzyl and Tyva Consecrated in Moscow". Musings from the Fourth Rome. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  4. ^ "Ethnic Korean bishop appointed for Russian Church's Korean Diocese". OrthoChristian.Com. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-06.