His Excellency Czesław Kozon |
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Bishop of Copenhagen | |
Bishop Kozon
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Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Diocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Copenhagen |
Appointed | 22 March 1995 |
Installed | 7 May 1995 |
Predecessor | Hans Ludvig Martensen |
Orders | |
Ordination | 6 January 1979 |
Consecration | 7 May 1995 by Hans Ludvig Martensen |
Personal details | |
Born |
Idestrup, Falster, Denmark |
November 17, 1951
Nationality | Dane |
Motto | Veritatem in Caritate |
Styles of Czesław Kozon |
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Reference style | The Most Reverend |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Monsignor |
Posthumous style | not applicable |
Czesław Kozon (born 17 November 1951, Idestrup, Falster, Denmark) is the Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Copenhagen.
His parents were emigres from Poland who fled the Communist takeover of that country. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Copenhagen on Jan 6 1979. In 1995, Pope John Paul II appointed him Bishop of Copenhagen, and he was consecrated by Bishop Hans Ludvig Martensen, S.J. on May 7, 1995.