Bishop Oleksandr Khira (Chira) †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
17 Jan 1897		Born
18 Dec 1920	23.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
30 Dec 1945	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
1 Nov 1947	50.7	Appointed	Administrator of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
18 Jun 1977	80.4	Ceased	Administrator of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine
26 May 1983	86.3	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian), Ukraine

MicroData Summary
Oleksandr Khira (Chira)
Bishop Oleksandr Khira (Chira)
(born 17 Jan 1897, died 26 May 1983)
Auxiliary Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács)

Event Place
Birth Place Vilkhivitsi, Eparchy of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian)
Ordained Bishop (In Secret), Uzhhorod, Eparchy of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian)
Death Place Karaganda, Kazakhstan

a priest for 62.4 years
a bishop for 37.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Antal Papp †
Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian)
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Bl. Teodor Yuriy Romzha †
Titular Bishop of Appia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Bl. Teodor Yuriy Romzha † (1944)
Titular Bishop of Appia
Bishop Miklós Mihály Dudás, O.S.B.M. † (1939)
Bishop of Hajdúdorog (Hungarian)
Archbishop Antal Papp † (1912)
Titular Archbishop of Cyzicus
Bishop Julije Drohobeczky † (1892)
Bishop of Križevci (Kreutz) (Križevci)
Bishop Gyula Firczák † (1892)
Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian)
Bishop Ján Vályi † (1883)
Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak)
Bishop Ivan Pasteliy (János Pásztélyi) Kovach (Kovács) † (1875)
Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian)
Bishop Jozef Gaganecz † (1843)
Bishop of Prešov (Prjašev, Eperjes) (Slovak)
Bishop Vasyl Popovics † (1838)
Bishop of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian)
Archbishop Mihail (Mychajlo) Lewicki (Levyckyj) † (1813)
Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Anton Anhelovych (Angellowicz) † (1796)
Archbishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Bishop Petro Bielański (Bilyanskyi) † (1781)
Bishop of Lviv (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Jason Jan Junosza Smogorzewski, O.S.B.M. † (1758)
Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian)
Archbishop Giuseppe Schirò, O.S.B.I. † (1736)
Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo) (Albanian)
Archbishop Basilio Matranga, O.S.B.I. † (1716)
Archbishop of Achrida (Ochrida)
Archbishop Filoteo Zassi, O.S.B.I. † (1700)
Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo) (Albanian)
Archbishop Onofrio Costantini † (1665)
Titular Archbishop of Derbe
Archbishop Athanasius II †
Archbishop

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Kostiantyn (Constantin) Sabov (Szabó, Savov) † (1956)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Josaphat Josyf Fedoryk, O.S.B.M. † (1964)
Bishop Kostiantyn (Constantin) Sabov (Szabó, Savov) † (1977)
Bishop Ivan Semedi † (1978)
Bishop Yosyf Holovach † (1983)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Vilkhivitsi, Eparchy of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian)
Ordained Bishop	(In Secret), Uzhhorod, Eparchy of Mukachevo (Munkács) (Ruthenian)
Death Place	Karaganda, Kazakhstan

External Link(s):

VIAF: 186810750
WikiData: Q1997113

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 122, Number 10,948
op: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 117, Additions/Corrections (back)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 125, Number 11,255
c1: CB, 19 May 2015
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 59, Number 4,417
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 86, Number 7,181
nm/loc: CB, 4 Oct 2025
ob/fn: CB, 5 Oct 2025
fn: CB, 6 Oct 2025

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