Career
Kim was born in Taehung-dong, Songyo-guyok, Pyongyang, North of Korea and ordained a priest on February 13, 1989. On February 10, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of Daejeon and Titular Bishop of Sufasar. On March 3, 2009, he was consecrated by Joseph Kyeong Kap-ryong, Bishop Emeritus of Daejeon with Lazzaro You Heung-sik, Bishop of Daejeon and Cardinal Nicolas Cheong Jin-suk, Archbishop of Seoul as Company-Consecrators.