Alfred John Markiewicz

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

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.

Auxiliary Bishop of Rockville Centre 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 Saint Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre, New York, by Bishop John Raymond McGann on September 17, 1986. Alfred Markiewicz died in Huntington, New York, on January 8, 1997.