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Đura Džudžar (born 22 April 1954) is a Serbian eparchial
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of the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Ruski Krstur since 2018. He was previously
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of Acrassus (2001-2018),
auxiliary bishop An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in meeting the pastoral and administrative needs of the diocese. Auxiliary bishops can also be titular bishops of sees that no longer exist as territorial jurisdictions. ...
of the Ruthenian Eparchy of Mukachevo (2001-2003), apostolic exarch of
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(2003-2013) and
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(2013-2018).


Biography

Đura Džudžar was born in Đurđevo,
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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 7 September 1980 in the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Križevci by Gabrijel Bukatko, former Roman Catholic Archbishop of
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, who was in that time
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in Križevci. After returning to Rome, Đura Džudžar served in Congregation for the Oriental Churches. On 3 March 2001 he was appointed
auxiliary bishop An auxiliary bishop is a bishop assigned to assist the diocesan bishop in meeting the pastoral and administrative needs of the diocese. Auxiliary bishops can also be titular bishops of sees that no longer exist as territorial jurisdictions. ...
of the Ruthenian Eparchy of Mukachevo by
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. In the same time, he was appointed as
titular bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
of Acrassus and received episcopal ordination from Pope John Paul II on 19 March 2001, being co-consecrators the curial cardinals Angelo Sodano and
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. In 2003, a new apostolic exarchate was created for Eastern Catholics of Byzantine Rite in
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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 28 August 2003, with residence in Ruski Krstur. This exarchate remained in association with the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Križevci, as part of the Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia. On 19 January 2013, all Eastern Catholics 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
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only.
AAS 105 (2013), p. 187.
In 2018, the Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia was elevated to the rank of
eparchy Eparchy ( ''eparchía'' "overlordship") is an Ecclesiology, ecclesiastical unit in Eastern Christianity that is equivalent to a diocese in Western Christianity. An eparchy is governed by an ''eparch'', who is a bishop. Depending on the administra ...
, 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 Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia.


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 1954 births Living people 20th-century Eastern Catholic clergy 21st-century Eastern Catholic bishops Serbian bishops Pontifical Oriental Institute alumni