Andrew H. Cozzens
The Most Reverend Andrew H. Cozzens | |
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Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis | |
Church | Catholic Church |
See | Titular See of Bisica |
In office | December 9, 2013 - present |
Orders | |
Ordination | May 3, 1997 |
Consecration | December 9, 2013 |
Personal details | |
Born |
Denver, Colorado | August 3, 1968
Styles of Andrew H. Cozzens | |
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Reference style | The Most Reverend |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Monsignor |
Posthumous style | not applicable |
Andrew Cozzens, (August 3, 1968) is a bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. Since 2013 he is serving as an Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.
Biography
Education, ordination and ministry
Andrew Cozzens graduated from Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. After a period of discernment, he entered The Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity. He was ordained a priest in 1997 for the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis and served as a parochial vicar for several years before being sent to the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum in Rome, Italy for doctrinal studies. He completed his doctorate in 2008 with a dissertation entitled Imago vivens Iesu Christi sponsi Ecclesiae : the priest as a living image of Jesus Christ the Bridegroom of the Church through the evangelical counsels. Returning from Rome, Cozzens began service as an instructor at the The Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity.[1]
Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
Cozzens was appointed Titular Bishop of Bisica and auxiliary to the Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis on October 11, 2013 by Pope Francis.[2] He was consecrated on December 9, 2013.[3]
Academic degrees
- S.T.D., The Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum, Rome, 2008
- S.T.L., The Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome, 2002
- M.Div., The Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity, 1997
- M.A., The Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity, 1997
- B.A., Benedictine College, 1991[4]
See also
- Catholic Church hierarchy
- Catholic Church in the United States
- Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
- List of Catholic bishops of the United States
- Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
References
- ↑ "Reverend Andrew Cozzens Named Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis". Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ↑ "Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens". Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ↑ "Auxiliary bishop named for Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis". Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ↑ "Rev. Andrew H. Cozzens, S.T.D". Retrieved 11 October 2013.
External links
Catholic Church titles | ||
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Preceded by – |
Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis 2013–present |
Succeeded by – |
Preceded by Jan Franciszek Wątroba |
Roman Catholic Titular See of Bisica 2013–present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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