Kurt Richard Burnette (born 7 November 1955 at
Sculthorpe Royal Air Force Base in
Norfolk, England,
UK) is the
Bishop
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or
Eparch of the
Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic. 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
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as bishop, and enthroned in a
Divine Liturgy
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at the Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel in
Passaic, New Jersey on December 4, 2013. On 20 October 2020, Pope Francis named Burnette as apostolic administrator of the Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto. 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 administrator of this new exarchate.
See also
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Catholic Church hierarchy
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References
External links
Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Passaic Official Site
* ttp://eparchyofpassaic.com/bishop.htm Kurt Burnette, Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic
Episcopal succession
1955 births
American Eastern Catholic bishops
People from Fakenham
People from King's Lynn and West Norfolk (district)
Ruthenian Catholic bishops
21st-century Eastern Catholic bishops
Living people
Bishops appointed by Pope Francis
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