Nashville diocesan administrator named bishop

Published: 2005-12-20

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI has named Father David R. Choby, administrator of the Diocese of Nashville since November 2004, to head the Tennessee diocese. Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, apostolic nuncio to the United States, made the announcement in Washington Dec. 20. Bishop-designate Choby, a 58-year-old Nashville native, succeeds Bishop Edward U. Kmiec, who was named bishop of Buffalo, N.Y., in August 2004. "I came to know Father Choby well during my tenure as bishop of Nashville," Bishop Kmiec said in a statement, "and I know him as one endowed with wonderful qualities of priestliness and pastoral zeal which he will now bring to his new office and ministry as bishop of Nashville." Bishop Kmiec added, "He has done an excellent job as diocesan administrator and will shepherd a great diocese of faith-filled people who will continue to work with him in fulfilling the mission of the church."

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