Raymond Philip Kalisz (27 September 1927 – 12 December 2010) was the

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bishop of the Diocese of Wewak,

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. Born in

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, Kalisz was ordained a priest on 15 August 1954 for the

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. On 24 April 1980, Kalisz was appointed bishop of the Wewak Diocese and was ordained on 15 August 1980. Bishop Kalisz retired on 14 August 2002. He died on Sunday 12 December 2010, in

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, at the age of 83. Cardinal

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was the main celebrant of the Bishop's funeral Mass on Friday 17 December 2010. Both services took place in the Chapel of the

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, at the Techny Towers Conference and Retreat Center in

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; burial at St. Mary Cemetery in Techny followed the funeral Mass.

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