Rafal Kiernicki

Rafal Wladyslaw Kiernicki, O.F.M. Conv. (; ; 3 May 1912 – 23 November 1995) was a Roman Catholic prelate from Ukraine as the Titular Bishop of Dura and Auxiliary bishop of Archdiocese of Lviv since 16 January 1991 until his death on 23 November 1995.

Life Kiernicki was born in the peasant Roman Catholic family of Antoni and Michalina (née Światłowska) Kiernicki in a present day of the territory of Kolomyia Raion of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine. After graduation of the primary school in his native village (1920–1924) and the neighbouring village Hvozdets (1924–1927), he continued to study in a Franciscan gymnasium in Lviv (1927–1934). While studied in gymnasium, he joined the Order of Friars Minor Conventual in 1930; made a profession on September 4, 1931 and a solemn profession on October 4, 1934.

On January 16, 1991, he was appointed by the Pope John Paul II as an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Lviv and a Titular Bishop of Dura. On March 2, 1991, he was consecrated as bishop by Metropolitan Archbishop Marian Jaworski and other prelates of the Roman Catholic Church in the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Lviv.