Eparchy of San Nicola di Ruski Krstur Крстурска гркокатоличка епархија | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Serbia |
| Metropolitan | Exempt directly to theHoly See |
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| Parishes | 21 (2016) |
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| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia |
| Rite | Byzantine Rite |
| Established | 2018 |
| Cathedral | Greek Catholic Cathedral of St. Nicholas inRuski Krstur, Serbia |
| Patron saint | Saint Nicholas |
| Secular priests | 21 (2016) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Đura Džudžar |
TheEparchy of San Nicola di Ruski Krstur (Serbian:Крстурска гркокатоличка епархија) is aGreek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia ecclesiastical territory oreparchy of theCatholic Church inSerbia. It was founded in 2003 asapostolic exarchate with territory in Serbia andMontenegro, and was reduced to the territory of Serbia in 2013. In 2018, it was elevated to an eparchy byPope Francis.[1] Since 2003, it is headed by bishopĐura Džudžar.[2]
The Eparchy of Ruski Krstur is one of two eparchies for the Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia, together with theEparchy of Križevci inCroatia. The Eparchy of Ruski Krstur isexempt directly to theHoly See.[1] The Eparchy of Križevci is asuffragan of theLatin ChurchArchdiocese of Zagreb.[3]
The Eparchy of Ruski Krstur mostly serves a group ofRusyn Greek Catholics in the region ofVojvodina.[4]
Until 2001, theGreek Catholic Eparchy of Križevci had full jurisdiction over allEastern Catholics of theByzantine Rite throughout the entire territory of the formerYugoslavia, including all of its successor states:Croatia,Slovenia,Bosnia-Herzegovina,Serbia,Montenegro andNorth Macedonia.
After the formation of independent successor states from what had beenYugoslavia, the process of administrative reorganization was initiated. In 2001, the separateByzantine Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Macedonia was formed forEastern Catholics of theByzantine Rite in neighboringNorth Macedonia. It was fully separated from theEparchy of Križevci and directly subjected to the Holy See.[5]
In 2003, a newapostolic exarchate was created for Byzantine Catholics inSerbia andMontenegro, the Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia and Montenegro. Its first and only exarch wasEparchĐura Džudžar, who was appointed on August 28 (2003), with residence inRuski Krstur.[2] This exarchate remained in association with theEparchy of Križevci.
In 2004, the Apostolic Exarchate for Serbia and Montenegro had 26 parishes with 22,934 faithful and 18 priests, and in 2009 it had 21 parishes with 22,369 faithful and 18 priests.[6]
On 19 January 2013, allGreek Catholics in Montenegro were entrusted to thelocal Latin bishops, so the jurisdiction of the Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia and Montenegro was reduced to justSerbia.[7] BishopĐura Džudžar remained in his post as exarch. The Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia is still associated with theGreek Catholic Eparchy of Križevci as part of theGreek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia.
The Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia practicesliturgy in the Slavonic form of Byzantine Rite and uses theOld Church Slavonic language and theCyrillic alphabet. Adherents of the Eastern Catholic Byzantine Rite inSerbia are mainlyRusyns,[4]Ukrainians, andRumanians[citation needed]. In 2016, the Apostolic Exarchate for Serbia had 21 parishes with 21,845 faithful and 21 priests.[1]
On December 6, 2018, the Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia was elevated byPope Francis to the rank of Eparchy andĐura Džudžar was appointed the firsteparchialbishop.[8]
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