Edward Kisiel (24 February 1918 – 28 September 1993) was an archbishop of the Archdiocese of Białystok.

Biography

Kisiel was born in 1918 in to Franciszek and Aniela () Kisiel; he was baptized on 3 March. He attended

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, graduating from the latter in 1937. Afterwards, he began attending the seminary in Vilnius. He was ordained a deacon in 1941 and was ordained a priest on 14 February 1943 by Kazimierz Bukraba, bishop of Pinsk. In 1950, Kisiel began studying dogmatic theology at the University of Warsaw; he obtained a doctorate in January 1953 with the thesis ''Wartości społeczne Wcielenia według św. Hilarego z Poitiers''. On 15 January 1976, Kisiel was made chancellor of the diocesan curia. He was appointed apostolic administrator of Białystok (the polish part of the

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) and titular bishop of Limaty on 3 May 1976; he was consecrated on 27 June by

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. On 5 June 1991, Kisiel was made bishop of the new Diocese of Białystok. On 25 March 1992 - with the promulgation of the papal bull ' - he was made archbishop of Białystok. He received his

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at the Vatican on 29 June 1992. He resigned from the archdiocese on 15 May 1993 and died on 28 November; he was buried at the

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References

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