Đurđevo, Main street and the Uniate Church

Đura Džudžar (born April 22, 1954) is Serbian eparchial

bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is c ...

of the

Greek Catholic Eparchy of Ruski Krstur The Eparchy of San Nicola di Ruski Krstur ( sr, Крстурска гркокатоличка епархија) is a Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in Serbia. It was founde ...

since 2018. He was previously

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of Acrassus (2001-2018), auxiliary bishop of the Ruthenian Eparchy of Mukachevo (2001-2003),

apostolic exarch An exarch (; from Ancient Greek ἔξαρχος ''exarchos'', meaning “leader”) was the holder of any of various historical offices, some of them being political or military and others being ecclesiastical. In the late Roman Empire and ea ...

of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2013) and

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(2013-2018).

Biography

Đura Džudžar was born in Đurđevo,

to father Vladimir and mother Natalia. He completed elementary education in his home town and then continued higher education in Rome in a Ukrainian Papal Minor Seminary. He was ordained on September 7, 1980 in the

Greek Catholic Eparchy of Križevci The Eparchy of Križevci is a Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia eparchy of the Catholic Church in Croatia, Slovenia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its current eparch is Milan Stipić. The cathedra is in the Cathedral of the Holy Trinit ...

by Gabrijel Bukatko, former Roman Catholic Archbishop of Belgrade, who was in that time

apostolic administrator An Apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a diocese (a stable 'pre-diocesan', usually missionary apostolic adm ...

Križevci Križevci (; la, Crisium; hu, Kőrös ; german: Kreutz ) is a city in central Croatia with a total population of 21,122 and with 11,231 in the city itself (2011), the oldest city in its county, the Koprivnica-Križevci County. History The f ...

. After returning to Rome, Đura Džudžar served in

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. On March 3, 2001 he was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Ruthenian Eparchy of Mukachevo by

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

. In the same time, he was appointed as

of Acrassus and received

episcopal ordination Consecration is the solemn dedication to a special purpose or service. The word ''consecration'' literally means "association with the sacred". Persons, places, or things can be consecrated, and the term is used in various ways by different grou ...

from Pope John Paul II on March 19, 2001, being co-consecrators the curial cardinals Angelo Sodano and

Giovanni Battista Re Giovanni Battista Re (born 30 January 1934) is an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church whose service has been primarily in the Roman Curia. He was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 2001. He was prefect of the Congregation for Bishops ...

. In 2003, a new

apostolic exarchate An exarch (; from Ancient Greek ἔξαρχος ''exarchos'', meaning “leader”) was the holder of any of various historical offices, some of them being political or military and others being ecclesiastical. In the late Roman Empire and e ...

was created for Eastern Catholics of Byzantine Rite in

and

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, the Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia and Montenegro. Its first exarch was bishop Đura Džudžar, who was appointed on August 28, 2003, with residence in Ruski Krstur. This exarchate remained in association with the

, as part of the

Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia sr, Гркокатоличка црква у Хрватској и Србији , native_name_lang = sh , image = Coat of arms of Đura Džudžar.svg , imagewidth = , alt = , caption = ...

. On 19 January 2013, all

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of the Byzantine Rite in Montenegro were entrusted to the local

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bishops, so the jurisdiction of the ''Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia and Montenegro'' was reduced to

only.
AAS 105 (2013), p. 187. In 2018, the Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia was elevated to the rank of

eparchy Eparchy ( gr, ἐπαρχία, la, eparchía / ''overlordship'') is an ecclesiastical unit in Eastern Christianity, that is equivalent to a diocese in Western Christianity. Eparchy is governed by an ''eparch'', who is a bishop. Depending on the ...

, becoming the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Saint Nicholas of Ruski Krstur. The new eparchy is still associated with the Eparchy of Križevci as part of the

References

External links

Eparchy of Križevci

* ttp://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dseby.html Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia (2013-) on Catholic Hierarchybr>Bishop Đura Džudžar on Catholic HierarchyArticle on Greek Catholics in Former Yugoslavia by Ronald Roberson on the CNEWA web site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dzudzar, Djura Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia Serbian Eastern Catholics Pannonian Rusyns Ruthenian Catholic bishops 1954 births Living people 20th-century Eastern Catholic clergy 21st-century Eastern Catholic bishops Serbian bishops