Milan Chautur
| Milan Chautur, C.Ss.R. | |
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| Eparchial Bishop of Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Košice | |
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| Church | Slovak Greek Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 27 January 1997 (as Apostolic Exarch) 30 January 2008 (as Eparchial Bishop) |
| Predecessor | New Creation |
| Successor | Incumbent |
| Other posts | Titular Bishop of Cresima (1992–2008) Auxiliary Bishop of Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Prešov (1992–1997) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 14 June 1981 (Priest) by Joakim Segedi |
| Consecration | 29 February 1992 (Bishop) by Jan Hirka |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Milan Chautur |
| Born | 4 September 1957 Snina, Czechoslovakia (present day Slovakia) |
Bishop Milan Chautur, C.Ss.R. (born 4 September 1957 in Snina, Czechoslovakia, present day Slovakia) is a Slovak Greek Catholic hierarch, who serves as the first Eparchial Bishop of the new created Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Košice since 30 January 2008. Before he served as a Titular Bishop of Cresima and an Auxiliary Bishop of Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Prešov from 11 January 1992 until 27 January 1997 and as Apostolic Exarch of Apostolic Exarchate of Košice from 29 January 1997 until 30 January 2008.
Life
Bishop Chautur was born in the Greek-Catholic family in the Prešov Region of the Eastern Slovakia, but he grew up in the not existing today village Veľká Poľana. During his graduation at gymnasium in Humenné, he joined the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer.[1]
In the Congregation Chautur made a profession on August 2, 1974 and a solemn profession on August 2, 1980. He was ordained as priest on June 14, 1981,[2] after completed philosophical and theological studies in the Roman Catholic Faculty of Theology of Cyril and Methodius at the Comenius University in Bratislava.[1]
After ordination he served as a parish priest, but during 1982–1984 was forced to make a compulsory service in the Czechoslovak People's Army. Then he continued to serve as a parish priest in Medzilaborce (1984–1985), Šmigovec (1985–1989) and Porúbka (1989–1992). For his active pastoral activity with the youth he was in the attention of the State Security of the Communist regime of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. On July 1, 1990, he was elected as a Vice-Provincial of the Slovak Redemptorist Province based in Michalovce.[1]
On January 11, 1992 Fr. Chautur was appointed and on February 29, 1992 was consecrated to the Episcopate as an Auxiliary Bishop of Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Prešov and the Titular Bishop of Cresima. The principal consecrator was Bishop Jan Hirka, the Head of the Slovak Greek Catholic Church.[2]
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| Preceded by | Titular Bishop of Cresima 1992–2008 |
Succeeded by Éric de Moulins-Beaufort |
| New title | Apostolic Exarch of Košice 1997–2008 |
Succeeded by himself as Eparchial Bishop |
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Eparchial Bishop of Košice 2008–present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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