Alfred John Markiewicz
Alfred John Markiewicz was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Roman [Catholic Diocese of Kalamazoo|Diocese of Kalamazoo] in Michigan, from 1994 to 1997. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Rockville Centre in New York from 1986 to 1995.Biography
Early life
Alfred Markiewicz was born on May 17, 1928, in Brooklyn, New York. He was ordained to the priesthood at St. James Pro-Cathedral in Brooklyn by Archbishop Thomas Edmund Molloy on June 6, 1953, for the Diocese of Brooklyn. Markiewicz was incardinated, or transferred, to the Diocese of Rockville Centre on April 6, 1957.Pope John Paul II appointed Markiewicz as titular bishop of Afufenia and as an auxiliary bishop of Rockville Centre on July 1, 1986. He was consecrated at St. [Agnes Cathedral (Rockville Centre, New York)|Saint Agnes Cathedral] in Rockville Centre, New York, by Bishop John Raymond McGann on September 17, 1986.Bishop of Kalamazoo
On November 22, 1994, John Paul II appointed Markiewicz as bishop of Kalamazoo. He was installed in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on January 31, 1995.In September 1996, Markiewicz travelled to Rockville Centre for radiation treatment of two brain tumors. Alfred Markiewicz died in Huntington, New York, on January 8, 1997.