Archbishop Andreas Choi Chang-mou

Archbishop Emeritus of Gwangju, Korea (South)

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Sep 1936		Born
9 Jun 1963	26.7	Ordained Priest	Priest of Seoul, Korea (South)
3 Feb 1994	57.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul, Korea (South)
3 Feb 1994	57.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Flumenpiscense
25 Mar 1994	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Flumenpiscense
9 Feb 1999	62.4	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Gwangju, Korea (South)
30 Nov 2000	64.2	Succeeded	Archbishop of Gwangju, Korea (South)
25 Mar 2010	73.5	Resigned	Archbishop of Gwangju, Korea (South)

MicroData Summary
Andreas Choi Chang-mou
Archbishop Andreas Choi Chang-mou
(born 15 Sep 1936)
Archbishop Emeritus of Gwangju

Ad Limina - November 2007: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Munsan

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Gwangju.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Stephen Cardinal Kim Sou-hwan †
Archbishop of Seoul
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Paul Kim Ok-kyun †
Titular Bishop of Girba
Bishop Peter Kang U-il
Titular Bishop of Balecium

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Stephen Cardinal Kim Sou-hwan † (1966)
Archbishop of Seoul
Archbishop Antonio del Giudice † (1962)
Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis in Syria
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Hyginus Kim Hee-jong (2003)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Gabriel Chang Bong-hun (1999)
Bishop Joseph Lee Han-taek, S.J. (2002)
Andrew Cardinal Yeom Soo-jung (2002)
Archbishop Simon Ok Hyun-jjn (2011)
Bishop Paul Kyung Sang Lee (2024)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q496615

Source(s):

r: Bollettino, 25 Mar 2010
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 138, Number 12,307
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 197, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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