Edward Kisiel

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 gymnasiums in Dzisna and Pinsk, 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. On 15 January 1976, Kisiel was made chancellor of the diocesan curia. He was appointed apostolic administrator of Białystok (the polish part of the Archdiocese of Vilnius) and titular bishop of Limaty on 3 May 1976; he was consecrated on 27 June by Stefan Wyszyński.

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 pallium 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 Białystok Cathedral.