Religion:Alexander Chira
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Bishop Alexander Chira was a bishop of the Ruthenian Catholic Church. His immediate predecessor was Bishop Theodore G. Romzha. He is designated as a Confessor of the Faith.
Personal information
Chira was born January 17, 1897, in the village of Irhóc, Máramaros County (Vilhivci/Vilʹkhivtsi/Olkhovtsy).[1] He was ordained as a priest in Uzhorod in December, 1920.[2] His death was in exile on May 26, 1983, in the city of Karaganda, Kazakhstan.[3]
Chira "was one of the many victims of the Soviet persecution of the Greek Catholic Church."[1] While in a concentration camp in 1956, Chira clandestinely was appointed a bishop.[4]
See also
- anti-Catholicism
- History of the Catholic Church
- Persecution of Christians
- Roman Catholicism in Romania
- Roman Catholicism in Ukraine
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Bishop Alexander Chira". Byzantine Seminary Press. http://www.carpatho-rusyn.org/spirit/chira.htm. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
- ↑ "Bishop Alexander Chira Fearless Witness of Christ | Archeparchy of Pittsburgh" (in en-US). https://archpitt.org/bishop-alexander-chira-fearless-witness-of-christ/.
- ↑ "Germans from Russia Heritage Collection". https://library.ndsu.edu/grhc/articles/magazines/german/newbishops.html.
- ↑ "History of the Catholic Church in Kazakhstan". http://www.catholic-kazakhstan.org/hist/hist.html. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
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