Alexander Chira Explained

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.

Personal information

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." While in a concentration camp in 1956, Chira clandestinely was appointed a bishop.^[3]

See also

• anti-Catholicism
• History of the Catholic Church
• Persecution of Christians
• Roman Catholicism in Romania
• Roman Catholicism in Ukraine

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bishop Alexander Chira. Byzantine Seminary Press. 21 March 2011 .
2. Web site: Germans from Russia Heritage Collection. library.ndsu.edu. 2018-09-25.
3. Web site: History of the Catholic Church in Kazakhstan. 21 March 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110609171338/http://www.catholic-kazakhstan.org/hist/hist.html. 9 June 2011. dead.