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Bang Ji-Il
Bang Ji-Il
Birth: 21 May 1911
Sincheon, Pyondango Province, North Korea
Death: 10 October 2014
Sinchon, South Korea
Age: 103 years, 142 days
Country: North KoreaPRKSouth KoreaKOR
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.

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