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. On February 15, 1973, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Kwangju, South Korea and was ordained on April 15, 1973, by Archbishop

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Saint Paul Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...

. The principal co-consecrators were Archbishop Harold Henry, S.S.C.M.E. of Kwangju and Bishop William O'Connor of Springfield in Illinois. On April 3, 1977, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Wheeling-Charleston diocese, resigning on September 22, 1987.Profile at Catholic Hierarchy website
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