Alfred John Markiewicz (May 17, 1928 – January 9, 1997) was an American

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of the

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who served as

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of the

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in Michigan, from 1994 to 1997. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the

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in New York from 1986 to 1995.

Biography

Alfred Markiewicz was born on May 17, 1928, in

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. He was ordained to the priesthood in Rome by Archbishop

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on June 6, 1953, for the

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. Markiewicz was

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, or transferred, to the Diocese of Rockville Centre on April 6, 1957. Pope

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appointed Markiewicz as an

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of the Diocese of Rockville Centre on July 1, 1986; he was consecrated by Bishop John Raymond McGann on September 17, 1986. On November 22, 1994, John Paul II appointed Markiewicz as bishop of the Diocese of Kalamazoo. He was installed on January 31, 1995. In September 1996, Markiewicz travelled to

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, for radiation treatment of two

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s. Alfred Markiewicz died in

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, on January 8, 1997, while in office.Alfred John Markiewicz
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Religious leaders from Brooklyn 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States 1928 births 1997 deaths American people of Polish descent Roman Catholic bishops of Kalamazoo Catholics from New York (state) {{US-RC-bishop-stub