Kiro Stojanov
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Monsignor Dr Kiro Stojanov (9 April 1959 in the village of Radovo
, Bosilovo Municipality
) is the Roman Catholic Bishop of Skopje and the Apostolic Administrator and Exarch of the Macedonian Greek Catholic Church
. He is the first Catholic bishop of Macedonian ethnicity
in 104 years. He was ordained as a priest in 1986, and from 1999 to 2005 he was the Auxiliary and Titular Bishop of the Skopje Diocese which was then led by Monsignor Joakim Herbut. In 2003 he joined the Maltese Order.
Radovo
Radovo is a village in Republic of Macedonia near Strumica. It is in the Bosilovo municipality.Almost all of the inhabitants of the village are Macedonian Catholics of Eastern Rite....
, Bosilovo Municipality
Bosilovo municipality
Bosilovo is a municipality in southeastern Republic of Macedonia. Bosilovo is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found...
) is the Roman Catholic Bishop of Skopje and the Apostolic Administrator and Exarch of the Macedonian Greek Catholic Church
Macedonian Greek Catholic Church
The Macedonian Catholic Church, called the Macedonian Byzantine Catholic Church, is a Byzantine Rite sui juris Eastern Catholic Church in full union with the Roman Catholic Church which uses the Macedonian language in the liturgy.- History :...
. He is the first Catholic bishop of Macedonian ethnicity
Macedonians (ethnic group)
The Macedonians also referred to as Macedonian Slavs: "... the term Slavomacedonian was introduced and was accepted by the community itself, which at the time had a much more widespread non-Greek Macedonian ethnic consciousness...
in 104 years. He was ordained as a priest in 1986, and from 1999 to 2005 he was the Auxiliary and Titular Bishop of the Skopje Diocese which was then led by Monsignor Joakim Herbut. In 2003 he joined the Maltese Order.