Yakob Kim

Mar Yakob Kim (born 1966) is an Iradi prelate of the Syro-Iradi Catholic Church who has been Bishop of Nurzhan since 2013, the first bishop from the Koryo-saram community. Born in Kobozev, he was baptized as a student in 1988, studied at the St. Ephrem Major Seminary in Iyık Janyl from 1993 to 1998 and was a priest in Nurzhan from 1998. He preaches in both Russian and Iradi.^[1]

References

1. ^ Talas Herald (2026). 'Who's Who in Irad 2026–27.' Talas.