Andrew Choi Chang-mu

Andrew Choi Chang-mu
Born 1936 (age 8182)
Paju, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, Empire of Japan
Korean name
Hangul 최창무
Hanja 崔昌武
Revised Romanization Choe Changmu
McCune–Reischauer Ch'oe Ch'angmu

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

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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