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Vatican Names Springfield Bishop Mitchell Rozanski New Head of Archdiocese of St. Louis

By Patrick Johnson
MassLive.com
June 10, 2020

https://www.masslive.com/springfield/2020/06/vatican-names-bishop-mitchell-rozanski-head-of-archdioces-of-st-louis-to-depart-springfield.html

Bishop Mitchell Rozanski will celebrate Mass as part of the Catholic Life Conference, “Why Are You Catholic?” Saturday, March 21, at the MassMutual Center.

SPRINGFIELD - Bishop Mitchell T. Rozanski, head of the Springfield Diocese since 2014, has been named archbishop for the St. Louis Diocese, the diocese announced Wednesday morning.

Rozanski has been tapped by Pope Francis to succeed Most Reverend Robert J. Carlson who is retiring. His installation is planned for August 25.

Rozanski is scheduled to be introduced to St. Louis at 11 a.m. Wednesday in a news conference that will be carried live over the Archdiocese of St. Louis page on Facebook.

He is scheduled to return to Springfield Thursday to meet with local media.

Rozanski, 62, was ordained as a priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in 1984. He was named auxiliary bishop Archdiocese of Baltimore in 2004, which at the time made him the youngest bishop in the United States.

He also served on the College of Consultors for the Archdiocese and as the Vicar for Hispanics. At the time of his ordination as a bishop in 2004, he was the youngest bishop in the United States. He also served on the College of Consultors for the Archdiocese and as the Vicar for Hispanics.

Bishop Rozanski serves as the Roman Catholic Co-Chair of the Polish National Catholic/Roman Catholic Dialogue since November 2017. Since October 1, 2012 he has served as the Episcopal Moderator of the National Association of Holy Name Societies. He also serves on the Advisory Council of the National Association of Catholic Chaplains, and the National Catholic Partnership on Disability.

Bishop Rozanski served on the National Committee for the Protection of Youth and Young People from January 2007 until June 2014. From 2012 until March, 2015, Bishop served on the National Advisory Council of the USCCB for a 3 year term. He also served on and chaired the Ecumenical and Inter-religious Affairs Committee of the USCCB.

In his time in Springfield, Rozanski has addressed the issue of sexual abuse by the clergy.

He has entered agreements with area district attorneys pledging to report all cases where clergy are accused of sexual misconduct, and in March announced the formation of a 10-member independent task force to advise the bishop on how to address the issue.

 

 

 

 

 




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