Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia and Montenegro Until 2001, the
Greek Catholic Eparchy of Križevci had full jurisdiction over all
Eastern Catholics of the
Byzantine Rite throughout the entire territory of the former
Yugoslavia, including all of its successor states:
Croatia,
Slovenia,
Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Serbia,
Montenegro and
North Macedonia. After the formation of independent successor states from what had been
Yugoslavia, the process of administrative reorganization was initiated. In 2001, the separate
Byzantine Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Macedonia was formed for
Eastern Catholics of the
Byzantine Rite in neighboring
North Macedonia. It was fully separated from the
Eparchy of Križevci and directly subjected to the Holy See. In 2003, a new
apostolic exarchate was created for Byzantine Catholics in
Serbia and
Montenegro, the Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia and Montenegro. Its first and only exarch was
Eparch Đura Džudžar, who was appointed on August 28 (2003), with residence in
Ruski Krstur.
Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia On 19 January 2013, all
Greek Catholics in Montenegro were entrusted to the
local Latin bishops, so the jurisdiction of the Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia and Montenegro was reduced to just
Serbia. Bishop
Đura Džudžar remained in his post as exarch. The Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia is still associated with the
Greek Catholic Eparchy of Križevci as part of the
Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia. The Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia practices
liturgy in the Slavonic form of Byzantine Rite and uses the
Old Church Slavonic language and the
Cyrillic alphabet. Adherents of the Eastern Catholic Byzantine Rite in
Serbia are mainly
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