Bang Ji-Il | |
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Birth: | 21 May 1911 Sincheon, Pyondango Province, North Korea |
Death: | 10 October 2014 Sinchon, South Korea |
Age: | 103 years, 142 days |
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Centenarian |
Bang Ji-Il (21 May 1911 – 10 October 2014) was a centenarian from North Korea.
Biography[]
Bang Ji-Il was born in Sincheon, Pyondango Province, North Korea on 21 May 1911. While studying at Pyongyang Seminary, Bang was also involved in the great spiritual revival that occurred in Pyongyang at the time. After graduating from seminary, he lived as a missionary in China for 21 years. After returning to Korea in 1958, he has been serving as the senior pastor at Yeongdeungpo Church in Seoul, South Korea, during which time he became well-known in the Korean church sphere and was the president of various Korean church councils and associations. He also wrote several books during his lifetime, even as recently as 2011. Bang Ji-Il died in Korea University Anam Hospital in Sinchon, South Korea on 10 October 2014 at the age of 103 years, 142 days. At the time of his death he was the oldest and one of Korea’s most well-known pastors and one of oldest known man born in North Korea.
References[]
- Meet the 103 year-old preacher who still has a sharp message
- Ji-Il Bang, Korea’s Acclaimed and Oldest Pastor, Dies at Age 103
- South Koreas oldest christian pastor dies at 103
- 개신교 산 역사' 103세 방지일 영등포교회 원로목사 소천 한경닷컴, 10 October 2014
- Reverend Bang Ji-Il Leaves His Everlasting Post “Not Rusted But Worn Out”