Bishop Michael Joseph Kaniecki, S.J. †

Deceased

Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Apr 1935		Born
8 Aug 1953	18.3	Entered	Member of Society of Jesus
5 Jun 1965	30.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
15 Aug 1973	38.3	Final Vows	Priest of Society of Jesus
8 Mar 1984	48.9	Appointed	Coadjutor Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
1 May 1984	49.0	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
1 Jun 1985	50.1	Succeeded	Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
28 Jul 1985	50.2	Installed	Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
6 Aug 2000	65.3	Died	Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

MicroData Summary for Michael Joseph Kaniecki
(WikiData: Q4351860)
Bishop Michael Joseph Kaniecki S.J. (born 13 Apr 1935, died 6 Aug 2000) Bishop of Fairbanks

Event Place
Birth Place Detroit, MI, Archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan
Ordained Priest Regis College, Willowdale, ON
Ordained Bishop Sacred Heart, Cathedral, Fairbanks, Diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska
Death Place Emmonak, Diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska
Buried Place (Original) Birch Hill, Cemetery, Fairbanks, Diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska

a priest for 35.1 years
a bishop for 16.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Francis Valentine Allen †
Titular Bishop of Avensa
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Robert Louis Whelan, S.J. †
Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Francis Thomas Hurley †
Archbishop of Anchorage, Alaska
Bishop Michael Hughes Kenny †
Bishop of Juneau, Alaska

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Robert Louis Whelan, S.J. † (1968)
Bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska
Archbishop Luigi Raimondi † (1954)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Adeodato Giovanni Cardinal Piazza, O.C.D. † (1930)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Basilio Cardinal Pompilj † (1913)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Antonio Cardinal Agliardi † (1884)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giovanni Cardinal Simeoni † (1875)
Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
Alessandro Cardinal Franchi † (1856)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Carlos Arthur Sevilla, S.J. (1989)
Bishop Patrick Joseph McGrath † (1989)
Bishop Michael William Warfel (1996)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Detroit, MI, Archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan
Ordained Priest	Regis College, Willowdale, ON
Ordained Bishop	Sacred Heart, Cathedral, Fairbanks, Diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska
Death Place	Emmonak, Diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska
Buried Place (Original)	Birch Hill, Cemetery, Fairbanks, Diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 162, Necrology (back)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 85, Number 7,106
c1: JLB, 26 May 2022

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