MINNESOTA
Minnesota Public Radio
by Tim Nelson, Minnesota Public Radio
October 11, 2013
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Pope Francis has appointed a new auxiliary bishop for the archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
The Vatican said in a release Friday morning that the Pope had named Andrew Cozzens to the high-ranking administrative post in St. Paul. The announcement said Cozzens has been an assistant professor at the St. Paul Seminary, where he has been since 2006. He is a Connecticut native and was ordained a priest for the archdiocese in 1997.
The archdiocese previously only had a single auxiliary bishop, Lee Piche. The Vatican didn’t say why it was appointing Cozzens or what role Piche may have going forward.
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