Edward Ozorowski

{{Short description|Polish Roman Catholic archbishop (1941–2024)}}

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| honorific-prefix = His Excellency

| name = Edward Ozorowski

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| title = Archbishop Emeritus of Białystok

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| caption = Ozorowski in 2012

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| archdiocese = Białystok

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| appointed = 21 October 2006

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| term_end = 12 April 2017

| predecessor = Wojciech Ziemba

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| successor = Tadeusz Wojda

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| previous_post = Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius (1979–1991)
Titular Bishop of Bitettum (1979–2006)
Auxiliary Bishop of Białystok (1991–2006)

| ordination = 21 June 1964

| ordained_by = Władysław Suszyński

| consecration = 29 April 1979

| consecrated_by = Henryk Gulbinowicz

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1941|05|01}}

| birth_place = Wólka-Przedmieście, Belastok Region, Byelorussian SSR, USSR

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Edward Ozorowski (1 May 1941 – 12 October 2024) was a Polish Roman Catholic prelate. He served as the Auxiliary bishop in Białystok from 1979 to 2006. Ozorowski then served as the Metropolitan bishop in Białystok from 2006 to 2017.

He was awarded Honorary citizenship of Wasilków in 2007.{{Citation|title=Resolution No. XIV/84/07 of the City Council in Wasilków|work=Municipal Office in Wasilków|date=9 December 2007}} He was also honored by Białystok in 2014{{Citation|title= Resolution No. LIV/626/14 of the Białystok City Council|work=Public Information Bulletin of the Municipal Office in Bialystok|date=20 January 2014}} and received the Minister of National Education award.

Ozorwoski was born on 1 May 1941,{{Cite web|url=http://www.old.uwb.edu.pl/uniwersytet.php?p=254|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160123225444/http://www.old.uwb.edu.pl/uniwersytet.php?p=254|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 January 2016|title=University of Bialystok: Honorary Doctors|work=University of Białystok|access-date=23 May 2022}} and died on 12 October 2024, at the age of 83.{{Cite web|url=https://archibial.pl/wiadomosci/2584-do-domu-ojca-odszedl-bialostocki-arcybiskup-senior-edward-ozorowski/|title=Do Domu Ojca odszedł białostocki Arcybiskup Senior Edward Ozorowski|work=Archidiecezja Białostocka|access-date=12 October 2024|language=Polish}}