Andrew H. Cozzens

His Excellency, The Most Reverend
Andrew Harmon Cozzens
Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
Titular Bishop of Bisica
Bishop Cozzens with two deacons
Church Catholic Church
Archdiocese Saint Paul and Minneapolis
Appointed October 11, 2013
Installed December 9, 2013
Other posts Titular Bishop of Bisica
Orders
Ordination May 3, 1997
Consecration December 9, 2013
by John Clayton Nienstedt, Harry Joseph Flynn, and Paul Sirba
Personal details
Born (1968-08-03) August 3, 1968
Denver, Colorado
Motto PRÆBE NOBIS COR TUUM
Styles of
Andrew Harmon Cozzens
Reference style
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Bishop

Andrew Harmon Cozzens, (August 3, 1968) is a bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. Since 2013 he has been an auxiliary bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.

Biography

Early Life

Andrew Cozzens was born on August 3, 2928, in Denver, Colorado to Jack and Judy Cozzens.[1]

Education, ordination and ministry

Andrew Cozzens graduated from Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. After a period of discernment, including a time serving as a missionary with NET Ministries, 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 curate for several years before being sent to the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum in Rome, Italy for doctoral 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 Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity.[2]

Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis

Cozzens was appointed titular Bishop of Bisica and an auxiliary for the Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis on October 11, 2013 by Pope Francis.[3] He was consecrated on December 9, 2013.[4]

On August 15, 2018, he became the interim rector for the Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity.

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[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Auxiliary bishop named for Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis". The Catholic Spirit. The Catholic Spirit. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Reverend Andrew Cozzens Named Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis". Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens". Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Auxiliary bishop named for Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis". Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Rev. Andrew H. Cozzens, S.T.D". Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2013.

Episcopal succession

Catholic Church titles
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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