BORN: On August 6, 1958 in Baltimore, Maryland.
RAISED: Fells Point, MD, attended Holy Rosary Parish.
PARENTS: Alfred and Jean Rozanski, both still living.
FAMILY: Two brothers: Kenneth and wife Lisa have 2 daughters and a son; Albert and wife Danielle have one son.
EDUCATION: Sacred Heart of Mary, Graceland Park, elementary school, Dundalk, MD. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel High School (Essex). Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C (seminary training at the Theological College).
PRIESTLY ORDINATION: by Archbishop William Donald Borders for the Archdiocese of Baltimore at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen on November 24, 1984.
EPISCOPAL NOMINATION: as Auxiliary Bishop for the Archdiocese of Baltimore and Titular Bishop of Walla Walla by Pope John Paul II on July 3, 2004.
EPISCOPAL ORDINATION: by William Cardinal Keeler, Bishop William Newman and Bishop W. Francis Maloony on August 24, 2004 at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen.
APPOINTED BISHOP OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS: by Pope Francis on June 19, 2014.
INSTALLED AS BISHOP OF SPRINGFIELD: by Cardinal Sean O’Malley, OFM Cap. 1 on August 12, 2014.
Mitchell Thomas Rozanski was born in Baltimore, Maryland on August 6, 1958. A Baltimore native of Polish-American descent, he lived with his family in Fells Point, MD where they attended Holy Rosary Parish.
He is the oldest of three sons born to Alfred and Jean Rozanski, both still living. His first brother Kenneth and his wife Lisa, have 2 daughters and a son. His youngest brother Albert and his wife Danielle have one son. All of the family members reside in Maryland.
When he was 8 years old, the family moved to Dundalk and the parish of the Sacred Heart of Mary, Graceland Park, where he attended the elementary school. He is a graduate of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel High School (Essex), the Catholic University of America before entering the Theological College at the Catholic University of America where he received seminary training.
He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen on November 24, 1984. He served as an associate pastor at St. Michael, Overlea in 1984 and then the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen. He was appointed associate pastor at St. Anthony of Padua, Baltimore in 1985 and St. Isaac Jogues, Baltimore in 1990. He was appointed administrator of Holy Cross and St. Mary Star of the Sea parishes in Baltimore in March 1993, before being appointed pastor there in October. In January 2000 he was appointed temporary administrator of Immaculate Conception, Towson and in June assumed the same duties at St. John before being named its pastor on November 28, 2000.
On July 3, 2004 he was named by Pope John Paul II as auxiliary Bishop for the Archdiocese of Baltimore and was ordained on August 24, 2004 at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen. Upon his ordination as bishop he was named vicar general and episcopal vicar for the Seton Vicariate of the Archdiocese.
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.
Bishop Rozanski has served on the National Committee for the Protection of Youth and Young People since January 2007. He also serves on the Advisory Council of the National Association of Catholic Chaplains. He was also named the Episcopal Moderator of the National Association of Holy Name Societies on October 1, 2012, a term that runs thru September 30, 2017. He will also serve as the liaison with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). Bishop Rozanski is co-chair for the Polish National Church – Roman Catholic Dialogue, Audit Subcommittee of USCCB, Knight Commander of the Royal Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, and also serves as a Consultant to the National Association for the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities. Bishop is on the National Advisory Council of the USCCB for a 3 year term through March 2015 and in November 2013 was elected as chair of the Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs Committee of the USCCB.
Currently, Bishop Rozanski serves as bishop for the diocese of Springfield, a position he was appointed to on June 19, 2014 by Pope Francis. He was installed on August 12, 2014, by Cardinal Sean O’Malley, OFM Cap. 1.
PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENTS IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BALTIMORE:
Regular: 1984: Associate Pastor at St. Michael Overlea, and then the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen,
Baltimore
1985: Associate Pastor at St. Anthony of Padua, Baltimore
1990: Associate Pastor at St. Isaac Jogues, Baltimore
1993: in March, Administrator of Holy Cross and St. Mary Star of the Sea parishes in Baltimore, and in
October, appointed Pastor.
2000: Temporary Administrator of Immaculate Conception, Towson; in June, Temporary Administrator
of St. John the Evangelist Church in Severna Park, and named Pastor on November 28.
2004: Vicar General and Episcopal Vicar for the Seton Vicariate of the Archdiocese of Baltimore
Special: Vicar for Hispanics, Seton Vicar, and served on the College of Consultors for the Archdiocese
while auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore.
Member of the National Committee for the Protection of Youth and Young People since January 2007.
Episcopal Moderator of the National Association of Holy Name Societies, Oct. 1, 2012 – Sept. 30, 2017.
Served on the National Advisory Council of the USCCB for a 3 year term through March 2015.
Chair of the Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs Committee of the USCCB since November 2013.
Serves on the Advisory Council of the National Association of Catholic Chaplains.
Liaison with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Co-chair for the Polish National Church – Roman Catholic Dialogue.
Audit Subcommittee of USCCB member.
Knight Commander of the Royal Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.
Consultant to the National Association for the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities.
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