Đura Džudžar

Đura Džudžar (born April 22, 1954) is Titular Bishop of Acrassus, former Byzantine Catholic Apostolic Exarch of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2013) and the current Byzantine Catholic Apostolic Exarch of Serbia since 2013.

Đura Džudžar was born in Đurđevo, Serbia to father Vladimir and mother Natalia. He completed elementary education in his home town and then continued higher education in Rome. He was ordained on September 7, 1980 in the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Križevci by Gabrijel Bukatko, former Catholic Archbishop of Belgrade, who was in that time Apostolic Administrator in Križevci. After returning to Rome, Đura Džudžar served in Congregation for the Oriental Churches.

On March 3, 2001 he was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo by Pope John Paul II. In the same time, he was appointed as Titular Bishop of Acrassus and received episcopal ordination from Pope John Paul II on March 19, 2001, being co-consecrators the curial cardinals Angelo Sodano and Giovanni Battista Re.

In 2003, a new Apostolic Exarchate was created for Eastern Catholics of Byzantine Rite in Serbia and Montenegro, the Byzantine Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia and Montenegro. Its first exarch was bishop Đura Džudžar, who was appointed on August 28, 2003, with residence in Ruski Krstur. This exarchate remained in association with the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Križevci.