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16 Facts About David Choby

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David Raymond Choby was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

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David Choby served as the 11th bishop of the Diocese of Nashville in Tennessee from 2005 until his death in 2017.

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David Choby previously served as diocesan administrator for the diocese from 2004 to 2006.

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David Choby was born on January 17,1947, in Nashville, Tennessee.

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David Choby had one sister, Diane C Dyche of Fort Worth, Texas.

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David Choby attended Catholic schools growing up, and graduated from Father Ryan High School in Nashville in 1965.

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David Choby then studied at Catholic University of America in Washington, DC.

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8.

David Choby served as associate pastor at St Joseph Parish in Madison, Tennessee, 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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David Choby attended the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas Angelicum in Rome where he earned a canon law degree.

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David Choby served as a member of the diocesan tribunal throughout most of his priesthood.

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David Choby served two five-year terms on the diocese's presbyteral council and college of consultors.

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From 1984 to 1989, David Choby taught at the Pontifical College Josephinum, a seminary in Columbus, Ohio.

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David Choby was elected diocesan administrator by the diocesan College of Consultors.

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David Choby was only the second priest from Nashville to be appointed as its bishop.

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David Choby was consecrated and installed on February 27,2006, in the Cathedral Church of the Incarnation in Nashville.

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David Choby died in Nashville on June 3,2017, from infections resulting from his injuries.