Jan. 12, 1967, born to the late John and Joanna Izen of Fairmont in the Diocese of Winona (now, Winona-Rochester), the youngest of their six children.
1973 to 1981 attended St. John Vianney Catholic School in Fairmont.
1981 to 1985 attended Fairmont High School.
1985 to 1989 attended St. John’s University in Collegeville, earning an undergraduate degree in mathematics and computer science.
1989 to 1998 worked as a computer systems analyst for 3M in Maplewood.
1998 entered The St. Paul Seminary in St. Paul, earning a Master of Divinity degree.
May 28, 2005, ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, with 14 other men, the largest class since 1963, when 19 men were ordained.
2005 to 2007, assigned associate pastor of Divine Mercy in Faribault.
2007 to 2012, assigned pastor of St. Timothy in Maple Lake.
2010 to 2012, became assistant in archdiocesan Office of Marriage, Family and Life in ministry of post-abortion outreach.
2012 to 2015, assigned pastor of St Raphael in Crystal.
2015 to 2023, assigned pastor of St. Mary and St. Michael, canonical administrator of St. Croix Catholic School, both in Stillwater; parochial administrator of St. Charles, Bayport.
April 11, 2023, ordained a bishop, Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul, assigned as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
