Kurt Burnette

Kurt Richard Burnette (born 7 November 1955 at Sculthorpe Royal Air Force Base in Norfolk, England, UK) is the Bishop or Eparch of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic.[1] He succeeded Bishop William C. Skurla, who was appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of Pittsburgh in 2012. Burnette was appointed on October 29, 2013, by Pope Francis as bishop, and enthroned in a Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel in Passaic, New Jersey on December 4, 2013.[2] On 20 October 2020, Pope Francis named Burnette as apostolic administrator of the Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto.[3][4] On 3 March, 2022, Pope Francis changed the jurisdiction and circumscription of the Eparchy of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto to establish the Exarchate of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto in the Ruthenian Catholic Church. Burnette was appointed apostolic adminstrator of this new exarchate.[5]

His Grace, The Most Reverend

Kurt Richard Burnette
Eparch of Passaic
ChurchRuthenian Greek Catholic Church
MetropolisPittsburgh
DiocesePassaic
Appointed29 October 2013
Installed4 December 2013
PredecessorWilliam Charles Skurla
Orders
Ordination26 April 1989
by John Bilock
Consecration4 December 2013
by William C. Skurla, John Michael Kudrick and Gerald Nicholas Dino
Personal details
Born
Kurt Richard Burnette

(1955-11-07) 7 November 1955
Fakenham, Norfolk, England, UK
NationalityAmerican
DenominationRuthenian Catholic Church
Previous post(s)
EducationJ.D., Ph.D., J.C.L.
Alma materRice University, University of Utah, Pontifical Oriental Institute
Styles of
Kurt Richard Burnette
Reference style
Spoken styleHis Grace
Religious styleEparch

See also

References
  1. "Pope Francis Names Father Kurt Burnette As Head Of The Byzantine Eparchy Of Passaic". October 29, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
  2. "Fr. Kurt Burnette made head of Ruthenian Eparchy of Passaic". CNA. October 29, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
  3. "Bishop". Eparchy of St. Cyril & Methodius. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
  4. "Resignation of bishop of the eparchy of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto of the Slovakians of Byzantine rite, Canada, and appointment of apostolic administrator sede vacante". press.vatican.va. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
  5. "Resignations and Appointments". press.vatican.va. Retrieved 2022-03-03.

Episcopal succession
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