Kiro Stojanov

His Excellency
Kiro Stojanov
Bishop of Skopje
Apostolic Exarch of Macedonia
See Skopje
Installed July 20, 2005
Predecessor Marko Sopi
Other posts Titular Bishop of Centuriones
Auxiliary Bishop of Skopje (1999-2005)
Orders
Ordination April 6, 1986
Consecration May 1, 1999
Personal details
Born (1959-04-09) April 9, 1959
Radovo, Bosilovo Municipality, Republic of Macedonia
Nationality Macedonian
Denomination Roman Catholic Church

Monsignor Dr Kiro Stojanov (9 April 1959 in the village of Radovo, Bosilovo Municipality) is the Roman Catholic Bishop of Skopje and the Apostolic Administrator and Exarch of the Macedonian Byzantine Catholic Church. He is the first Catholic bishop of Macedonian ethnicity in 104 years. He was ordained as a priest in 1986, and from 1999 to 2005 he was the Auxiliary and Titular Bishop of the Skopje Diocese which was then led by Monsignor Joakim Herbut. In 2003 he joined the Maltese Order.

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