Background
Kaniecki, Michael Joseph was born on April 13, 1935 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Stanley Joseph and Julia Marie (Konjora) Kaniecki.
Kaniecki, Michael Joseph was born on April 13, 1935 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Stanley Joseph and Julia Marie (Konjora) Kaniecki.
Bachelor, Gonzaga University, 1958. Master of Arts in Philosophy, Gonzaga University, 1960. Master of Arts in Theology, St. Mary's, Halifax, Canada, 1966.
He served as Bishop of the Diocese of Fairbanks from 1985–2000. On March 8, 1984 Pope John Paul II named him to be the Coadjutor Bishop of Fairbanks. He was consecrated on May 1, 1984 by Bishop Robert Louis Whelan, Statens Järnvägar of Fairbanks.
The co-consecrators were Archbishop Francis Thomas Hurley of Anchorage and Bishop Michael Hughes Kenny of Juneau.
He succeeded to the See of Fairbanks on June 1, 1985 when Bishop Whelan resigned as the diocesan bishop, and was installed on July 28, 1985. He served the diocese for a total of 16 years.
He died suddenly on August 6, 2000 of a massive heart attack before celebrating a Mass in the Eskimo village of Emmonak, Alaska.