David Choby
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend David Raymond Choby D.D., J.C.L. |
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| Bishop of Nashville | |
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| Archdiocese | Louisville |
| Diocese | Nashville |
| Appointed | December 20, 2005 |
| Installed | February 27, 2006 |
| Predecessor | Edward U. Kmiec |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | September 6, 1974 by Joseph Aloysius Durick |
| Consecration | February 27, 2006 by Thomas C. Kelly, James Daniel Niedergeses, and Edward Kmiec |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 17, 1947 Nashville, Tennessee |
| Nationality |
 American
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Residence | Hendersonville, Tennessee |
| Parents | Raymond & Rita Choby |
| Previous post | • Board of Trustees, Pontifical College Josephinum (Incumbent) • Diocesan Administrator (2004-06) • Pastor, St. John Vianney Parish (1989-2004) • Member, Diocesan Tribunal (1986-89) • Administrator, St. Ann Parish (1983-86) • Associate pastor, St. Joseph's-in-Madison Parish (1978-83) |
| Alma mater |
Father Ryan High School Aquinas College St. Ambrose College Catholic University of America Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) |
| Motto | THAT WE MAY LIVE |
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Styles of David Raymond Choby |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
David Raymond Choby (born January 17, 1947) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the 11th and current Bishop of Nashville, having previously served as Diocesan Administrator (2004–2006).
Bishop Choby was born in Nashville and baptized in the Cathedral Church of the Incarnation, where he would eventually be consecrated a bishop.
Choby is the son of Raymond and Rita Choby, both deceased. He has one sister, Diane C. Dyche of Fort Worth, Texas. He attended Catholic schools growing up, and he graduated from Father Ryan High School in 1965.
After spending one year at Aquinas College in Nashville, Bishop Choby entered the seminary at St. Ambrose College in Davenport, Iowa. Later, he studied at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
Bishop Choby received the Sacrament of Holy Orders and was ordained a priest on September 6, 1974, by Joseph A. Durick, Bishop of Nashville at St. Henry Church in Belle Meade.
Bishop Choby served a number of assignments in the Diocese of Nashville before being consecrated bishop.
He was associate pastor at St. Joseph Parish in Madison, administrator of St. Ann Parish in Nashville, and spent three years in residence at Christ the King Parish in Nashville while working at the Diocesan Tribunal.
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