o. Kazimierz Kozicki, OMI
o. Kazimierz Kozicki, OMI

He was born on October 18, 1946 in Sławatycze in the Lublin province (Diocese of Siedlce). He graduated from the Lower Seminary in Markowice and after his novellate in Obra (1965-1966) he made his first religious vows. In the years 1966-1972 he studied philosophy and theology at the Major Seminary in Obra. He spent his pastoral training in Katowice. He worked for the next twenty years as a people’s missionary, residing first in Poznań (1975-1982), and later in Kodeń nad Bugiem (1982-1990). He came to Canada in 1995. For the first four years he was a vicar at Saint Kazimierz Parish in Toronto, then in Holy Ghost Parish in Winnipeg (1999-2005). In his free time, Kazimierz is interested in bird life, he grows ornamental, garden and potted plants.