Slavomir Miklovš (16 May 1934 – 21 July 2011) was the Byzantine Catholic bishop of

Eparchy of Križevci Eparchy ( ''eparchía'' "overlordship") is an ecclesiastical unit in Eastern Christianity that is equivalent to a diocese in Western Christianity. An eparchy is governed by an ''eparch'', who is a bishop. Depending on the administrative structure ...

(in former

Yugoslavia , common_name = Yugoslavia , life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation , p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia , flag_p ...

, present day

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

). 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 People from South Bačka District Croatian Eastern Catholics Croatian people of Rusyn descent Serbian people of Rusyn descent Croatian bishops Bishops appointed by Pope John Paul II 20th-century Eastern Catholic bishops 21st-century Eastern Catholic bishops {{EasternCatholic-bishop-stub