Alexander Chira

Alexander Chira
Administrator of Mukachevo
Byzantine Catholic Icon of Alexander Chira
Native name
Олекса́ндр Хіра
ChurchRuthenian Greek Catholic Church
DioceseEparchy of Mukachevo
In office1 November 1947 – 18 June 1977
PredecessorOleksandr Stoyka
SuccessorKostiantyn Sabov
Other postAuxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (1945-1983)
Orders
Ordination18 December 1920
by Antal Papp
Consecration30 December 1945
by Theodore Romzha
Personal details
Born(1897-01-17)17 January 1897
Vilkhivtsi, Máramaros County, Kingdom of Hungary, Transleithania, Austria-Hungary
Died26 May 1983(1983-05-26) (aged 86)
Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union

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

References

  1. ^ a b "Bishop Alexander Chira". Byzantine Seminary Press. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Bishop Alexander Chira Fearless Witness of Christ | Archeparchy of Pittsburgh". Retrieved 2025-08-24.
  3. ^ "Germans from Russia Heritage Collection". library.ndsu.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  4. ^ "History of the Catholic Church in Kazakhstan". Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2011.

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