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.

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "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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