Alexander Chira
| Alexander Chira | |
|---|---|
| Administrator of Mukachevo | |
Byzantine Catholic Icon of Alexander Chira
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| Native name | Олекса́ндр Хіра |
| Church | Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Eparchy of Mukachevo |
| In office | 1 November 1947 – 18 June 1977 |
| Predecessor | Oleksandr Stoyka |
| Successor | Kostiantyn Sabov |
| Other post | Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (1945-1983) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 18 December 1920 by Antal Papp |
| Consecration | 30 December 1945 by Theodore Romzha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 January 1897 Vilkhivtsi, Máramaros County, Kingdom of Hungary, Transleithania, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 26 May 1983 (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
- anti-Catholicism
- History of the Catholic Church
- Persecution of Christians
- Roman Catholicism in Romania
- Roman Catholicism in Ukraine
References
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- Back to citation "Bishop Alexander Chira Fearless Witness of Christ | Archeparchy of Pittsburgh". Retrieved 2025-08-24.
- Back to citation "Germans from Russia Heritage Collection". library.ndsu.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
- Back to citation "History of the Catholic Church in Kazakhstan". Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2011.