Kirilo Bojović (

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: Кирило Бојовић; 4 February 1969) is the ruling bishop of the

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abroad with parishes and missions throughout South and Central America, known as the

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Biography

He was born in

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on 4 February 1969. He completed his mathematical studies in Danilograd,

and

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, served in the military, and in 2005 traveled to

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to study philosophy and theology at the prestigious Moscow Spiritual Academy. There he defended a doctoral dissertation on the theme: "''Metropolitan

Petar II Petrović-Njegoš Petar II Petrović-Njegoš ( sr-cyrl, Петар II Петровић-Његош, ; – ), commonly referred to simply as Njegoš (), was a List of rulers of Montenegro, Prince-Bishop (''vladika'') of Montenegro, poet and philosopher whose ...

as a Christian Philosopher''". Upon his return to Montenegro, Metropolitan Amfilohije assigned Father Kiril various tasks: professor of the New Testament in the seminary, editor-in-chief of ''Svetigora'', a monthly of the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Montenegro, with worship in various monasteries. He also pursued post-graduate studies at the Faculty of Theology of the

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. Kirilo, in addition to his native Serbian, speaks Russian, Spanish, English, Greek, and Latin. In December 2014, Archimandrite Kirilo arrived in

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amid the pastoral visit of Metropolitan Amfilohije to

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and

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, to fulfill the responsibility of replacing

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Amfilohije upon his return to

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. Then, in 2016, Archimandrite Kirilo was consecrated as a vicar bishop for the Diocese. And in 2018, he was ordained a diocesan bishop and became the new administrator of the diocese. With the blessings of the late Patriarch Irinej and the late Metropolitan Amfilohije, Patriarch Porfirije installed Bishop Kirilo to the

. In May 2023, Bishop Kirilo was named as new administrator of the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bojovic, Kirilo 1969 births Living people People from Podgorica Serbs of Montenegro Serbian diaspora in South America Serbian mathematicians Mathematics writers Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church Eastern Orthodoxy in South America