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Andreas Choi Chang-mou
Andreas Choi Chang-mou
Born	September 15, 1936 (age 87); Paju, Gyeonggi Province
Korean name
Hangul	최창무
Hanja	崔昌武
Revised Romanization	Choe Changmu
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oe Ch'angmu

Andreas Choi Chang-mou

South Korean Catholic priest (b. 1936)

Andreas Choi Chang-mou is the fourth Archbishop of Gwangju. Born in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, Korea in 1936, he was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Seoul on June 9, 1963.

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On February 3, 1994, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul and Titular Bishop of Flumenpiscense. On February 9, 1999, he was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Gwangju and succeeded Archbishop Victorinus Youn Kong-hi upon the latter's retirement on November 11, 2000.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Salvador Albert Schlaefer Berg	— TITULAR — Titular Bishop of Flumenpiscense 3 February 1994 – 9 February 1999	Succeeded by Odilon Guimarães Moreira
Preceded by Victorinus Youn Kong-hi	Archbishop of Gwangju 30 November 2000 – 25 March 2010	Succeeded by Hyginus Kim Hee-jong

Andreas Choi Chang-mou
Born	(1936-09-15) September 15, 1936 (age 87) Paju, Gyeonggi Province

Korean name
Hangul	최창무
Hanja	崔昌武
Revised Romanization	Choe Changmu
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oe Ch'angmu

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