His Grace Kurt Richard Burnette |
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Eparch of Passaic | |
Appointed | 29 October 2013 |
Installed | 4 December 2013 |
Predecessor | William Charles Skurla |
Orders | |
Ordination | 26 April 1989 by John Billock |
Consecration | 4 December 2013 by William C. Skurla |
Personal details | |
Birth name | Kurt Richard Burnette |
Born |
Norfolk, England, UK |
7 November 1955
Nationality | American |
Denomination | Ruthenian Catholic Church |
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Education | J.D., Ph.D., J.C.L. |
Alma mater | Rice University, University of Utah, Pontifical Oriental Institute |
Kurt Richard Burnette (born 7 November 1955 at Sculthorpe Royal Air Force Base in Norfolk, England, UK) is the Bishop 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 as bishop, and enthroned in a Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel in Passaic, New Jersey on December 4, 2013.