Victorinus Youn Kong-hi

Who is Victorinus Youn Kong-hi?

Victorinus Youn Kong-hi was the third Archbishop, and current Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kwangju. Born in Nampho, South Pyongan, North Korea on November 8, 1924, he was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Seoul on March 20, 1950.

On October 7, 1963, he was appointed first Bishop of Suwon. Youn was later promoted to the third Archbishop of Gwangju on October 25, 1973. While Archbishop, he concluded an investigation into claims of Marian miracles at a shrine in Naju. On November 30, 2000, he went into retirement.