Slavomir Miklovš (16 May 1934 – 21 July 2011) was the

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bishop of

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(in former

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, present day

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). He was an ethnic Rusyn. Ordained to the priesthood in 1964, he became bishop of the eparchy in 1983 retiring in 2009.

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*http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/kriz0.htm#24739 *http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmiklovs.html 1934 births 2011 deaths 20th-century Eastern Catholic bishops 21st-century Eastern Catholic bishops Ruthenian Catholic bishops Croatian bishops Croatian Eastern Catholics Croatian people of Rusyn descent People from South Bačka District Serbian people of Rusyn descent {{EasternCatholic-bishop-stub