Alfred John Markiewicz

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Alfred John Markiewicz
Bishop of Kalamazoo
Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Diocese of Kalamazoo
Installed	January 31, 1995
Term ended	January 8, 1997
Predecessor	Paul Vincent Donovan
Successor	James Albert Murray
Other post(s)	Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre (1986-1995)
Orders
Ordination	June 6, 1953 by Thomas Edmund Molloy
Consecration	September 17, 1986 by John R. McGann
Personal details
Born	(1928-05-17)May 17, 1928 Brooklyn, New York, US
Died	(1997-01-08)January 8, 1997 Huntington, New York, US
Motto	An instrument of your peace

Alfred John Markiewicz (May 17, 1928 – January 9, 1997) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as bishop of the 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

Alfred Markiewicz was born on May 17, 1928, in Brooklyn, New York. He was ordained to the priesthood in Rome 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 an auxiliary bishop 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 Rockville Centre, New York, for radiation treatment of two brain tumors. Alfred Markiewicz died in Huntington, New York, on January 8, 1997 while in office.