Czeslaw Kozon Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Czeslaw Kozon
Native Name:Czesław Kozon
Native Name Lang:Polish
Bishop of Copenhagen
Church:Catholic Church
Diocese:Roman Catholic Diocese of Copenhagen
Appointed:22 March 1995
Term Start:7 May 1995
Predecessor:Hans Ludvig Martensen
Ordination:6 January 1979
Consecration:7 May 1995
Consecrated By:Hans Ludvig Martensen
Birth Date:17 November 1951
Birth Place:Idestrup, Falster, Denmark
Nationality: Denmark
Motto:Veritatem in Caritate
Coat Of Arms:Coat of arms of Czeslaw Kozon.svg
Coat Of Arms Alt:Kozon's coat of arms

Czeslaw Kozon (in Danish pronounced as /ˈɕeslɑw kɔˈsoːn/; Latin: Ceslaus; born 17 November 1951) is a Danish prelate of the Catholic Church who has been bishop of the Diocese of Copenhagen since 1995.

Biography

Czeslaw Kozon was born in Idestrup, Falster, Denmark, on 17 November 1951 to parents who were emigres from Communist Poland. He studied philosophy and theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University and the Pontifical Lateran University. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Copenhagen on 6 January 1979 by Bishop Hans Ludvig Martensen. He served briefly as assistant priest at St. Ansgar's in Copenhagen and then in other parishes until he was appointed vicar general of the diocese in 1994.[1]

On 22 March 1995, Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Copenhagen.[2] He was consecrated by Bishop Martensen on 7 May 1995.[3]

On 22 March 2023, he was elected one of the vice presidents of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union (COMECE).[4]

Czeslaw Kozon
Deathstyle:not applicable

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Om Czeslaw Kozon. Danish Broadcasting Corporation. Danish. 23 March 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20110604170032/http://www.dr.dk/Tro/Temaer/Troens+rødder/Czeslaw+Kozon/20060809133116.htm . 4 June 2011 . dead.
  2. Book: 23 March 2023 . Acta Apostolicae Sedis . 1995 . LXXXVII . 530 .
  3. Web site: Bishop Czeslaw Kozon. catholic-hierarchy.org. 16 August 2022.
  4. News: 23 March 2023 . 22 March 2023 . it . Monsignor Mariano Crociata è il nuovo presidente della Comece . Vatican News .