The Ruthenian Catholic Apostolic Administration of Bosnia-Hercegovina was a short-lived (1914-1924) pre-diocesan

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jurisdiction, covering

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. It was exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the

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, not part of any

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. It practiced the

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History

* It was established in 1914 as 'permanent'

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of Bosna i Herzegovina (Croat language) / Bosnia and Herzegovina (English) / Bosnia et Herzegovina (Latin), on (then

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imperial) territory previously served by 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 Tri ...

. The see of an Apostolic Administrator was in

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(1914–1917) and after – in

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(1917–1925). * Suppressed in 1925, its (after World War I

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n) territory being merged back into above Eparchy of Križevci,
having had a single incumbent : * Father Oleksiy Bazyuk (1914 – 1925), no other hierarchs.

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Grkokatolički vikarijat u Bosni i Hercegovini
Eastern Catholicism in Bosnia and Herzegovina Apostolic administrations Former Eastern Catholic dioceses Ruthenian Catholic Church {{BosniaHerzegovina-stub

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