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Andreas Choi Chang-mou

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Andreas Choi Chang-mou
Archbishop of Gwangju
Church Catholic Church
Archdiocese Archdiocese of Gwangju
In office 30 November 2000 – 25 March 2010
Predecessor Victorinus Youn Kong-hi
Successor Hyginus Kim Hee-jong
Previous posts Coadjutor Archbishop of Gwangju (1999-2000)
Titular Bishop of Flumenpiscense (1994-1999)
Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul (1994-1999)
Orders
Ordination 9 June 1963
Consecration 25 March 1994
by Stephen Kim Sou-hwan
Personal details
Born 15 September 1936
Munsa-an-ni, Keiki Province, Chōsen, Empire of Japan
Korean name
Hangul 최창무
Hanja 崔昌武
RR Choe Changmu
MR Ch'oe Ch'angmu

Andreas Choi Chang-mou is the fourth Archbishop of Gwangju. Born in Paju, Keiki Province, Korea, Empire of Japan 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.