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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.
Chira was born January 17, 1897, in the village of Irhóc, Máramaros County (Vilhivci/Vilʹkhivtsi/Olkhovtsy). [1] His death was in exile on May 26, 1983, in the city of Karaganda, Kazakhstan. [2]
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. [3]
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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.
Chira was born January 17, 1897, in the village of Irhóc, Máramaros County (Vilhivci/Vilʹkhivtsi/Olkhovtsy). [1] His death was in exile on May 26, 1983, in the city of Karaganda, Kazakhstan. [2]
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. [3]