Raymond Philip Kalisz
Raymond Philip Kalisz SVD (born September 25, 1927 in Melvindale , Michigan , † December 12, 2010 in Techny , Illinois ) was an American religious , missionary and Roman Catholic bishop of Wewak in Papua New Guinea .
Life
Raymond Philip Kalisz, son of Polish immigrants, joined the religious order of Steyler Missionaries and was ordained a priest on August 15, 1954 .
Pope John Paul II appointed him bishop of the Wewak diocese in Papua New Guinea in 1980. He was ordained bishop on August 15, 1980 by the Archbishop of Madang , Leo Clement Andrew Arkfeld SVD; Co -consecrators were the senior archbishop of Madang, Adolph Alexander Noser SVD, and the coadjutor bishop of Goroka , Raymond Rodly Caesar SVD. Kalisz was President of the Episcopal Conference of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands from 1996 to 1999.
In 2002, his resignation was granted by Pope John Paul II. He died in the US headquarters of the Steyler Missionaries in Techny , Illinois .
Web links
- Bishop Raymond Kalisz, 1927–2010 ( Memento from February 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- Entry on Raymond Philip Kalisz on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved January 5, 2017.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary: Bishop Raymond Kalisz , Chicago Tribune , December 15, 2010
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Leo Clement Andrew Arkfeld SVD |
Bishop of Wewak 1980–2002 |
Anthony Joseph Burgess |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kalisz, Raymond Philip |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kalisz, Raymond; Kalisz, Raymond P .; Kalisz, Ray |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American religious, Catholic Bishop of Wewark |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1927 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Melvindale , Michigan , USA |
DATE OF DEATH | December 12, 2010 |
Place of death | Techny , Illinois, USA |