Bishop Han Lim Moon

Bishop Han Lim Moon was born in the city of Suwon, South Korea, on 16 June 1955. He completed his primary school studies in Korea and entered the seminary there. While he was studying philosophy, he emigrated to Argentina with his mother and two brothers. He was admitted to the seminary in Buenos Aires, and there he completed his studies in theology at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. He was ordained a priest for the metropolitan archdiocese of Buenos Aires on 12 October 1984, and was awarded a licentiate in theology and a second licentiate in spiritual theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. In the metropolitan archdiocese of Buenos Aires he held the following offices: parish vicar of the Reina de los Apóstoles parish and chaplain of the General de Agudos Dr. Teodoro Álvarez Hospital (1988-1996); parish priest of the María Madre de la Iglesia parish (1996-2002); member of the presbyteral council and dean of the Deanery 19 “Flores” (1999-2002) and parish priest of the SS. Cosme y Damián parish (2003-2014). In addition, he was responsible for permanent formation courses for the clergy in Buenos Aires, and accompanied the Korean community in Argentina. On 6 February 2014 he was appointed as titular bishop of Thucca in Mauretania and auxiliary of the diocese of San Martín, receiving episcopal consecration the following 4 May. Within the Argentine Episcopal Conference he is a member of the Commission for the Lay Apostolate and for Family Pastoral Care.