{{Short description|American Byzantine Catholic bishop}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = bishop | honorific-prefix = His Grace, The Most Reverend | name = Kurt Richard Burnette | honorific-suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | title = Eparch of Passaic | image = Coat of arms of Kurt Richard Burnette.svg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Coat of arms with motto Psalm 150:3a | church = Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church | archdiocese = | province = | metropolis = Pittsburgh | diocese = Passaic | see = | elected = | appointed = 29 October 2013 | term = | enthroned = 4 December 2013 | quashed = | retired = | predecessor = William Charles Skurla | opposed = | successor = | other_post = Apostolic Administrator, Eparchy of the Holy Protection of Mary of Phoenix<br>Apostolic Administrator, Eparchy of Parma<br>Apostolic Administrator, Exarchate of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto <!---------- Orders ----------> | ordination = 26 April 1989 | ordained_by = John Bilock | consecration = 4 December 2013 | consecrated_by = William C. Skurla, John Michael Kudrick and Gerald Nicholas Dino | cardinal = | rank = <!---------- Personal details ----------> | birth_name = Kurt Richard Burnette | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|11|07|df=yes}} | birth_place = Fakenham, Norfolk, England, UK | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | buried = | nationality = American | religion = Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church | residence = | parents = | spouse = | children = | occupation = | profession = Professor of Mathematics | previous_post = {{unbulleted list|Rector of the Byzantine Catholic Seminary of SS. Cyril and Methodius (2012-2013)|Pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Byzantine Catholic Church, (2008-2013)}} | education = J.D., Ph.D., J.C.L. | alma_mater = Rice University, University of Utah, Pontifical Oriental Institute | motto = | signature = | signature_alt = | coat_of_arms = | coat_of_arms_alt = <!---------- Sainthood ----------> | feast_day = | venerated = | saint_title = | beatified_date = | beatified_place = | beatified_by = | canonized_date = | canonized_place = | canonized_by = | attributes = | patronage = | shrine = | suppressed_date = <!---------- Other ----------> | other = }}
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'''Kurt Richard Burnette''' (born 7 November 1955) is an American Catholic prelate who serves as the Eparch of Passaic in the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.usccb.org/news/2013/13-188.cfm |title=Pope Francis Names Father Kurt Burnette As Head Of The Byzantine Eparchy Of Passaic |date=October 29, 2013 |accessdate=December 4, 2013}}</ref> He succeeded Bishop William C. Skurla. Burnette was appointed on October 29, 2013, by Pope Francis, and enthroned in a Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel in Passaic, New Jersey on December 4.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/28337/fr-kurt-burnette-made-head-of-ruthenian-eparchy-of-passaic|title=Fr. Kurt Burnette made head of Ruthenian Eparchy of Passaic|work=CNA |date=October 29, 2013 |access-date=December 4, 2012}}</ref>
On 20 October 2020, Pope Francis named Burnette as apostolic administrator of the former Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bishop|url=https://www.eparchy.ca/materials-for-learning|access-date=2021-10-25|website=Eparchy of St. Cyril & Methodius|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Resignation of bishop of the eparchy of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto of the Slovakians of Byzantine rite, Canada, and appointment of apostolic administrator sede vacante|url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2020/10/20/201020a.html|access-date=2021-10-25|website=press.vatican.va}}</ref> On 3 March, 2022, Pope Francis changed the jurisdiction and circumscription of the eparchy to establish the Exarchate of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto. Burnette was appointed apostolic administrator of this new exarchate.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Resignations and Appointments |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2022/03/03/220303b.html |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=press.vatican.va}}</ref>
In January 23, 2023, Burnette was appointed as apostolic administrator of both the Eparchy of Parma and the Eparchy of Phoenix.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rinunce e nomine |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2023/01/23/0065/00119.html |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=press.vatican.va}}</ref> These appointments, noted as being temporary, made Burnette the leader of over half of the Ruthenian Byzantine Catholic eparchies worldwide, until the appointment of Robert Mark Pipta as eparch of Parma.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bunderson |first=Carl |date=23 January 2023 |title=Bishop Kurt's rising Ruthenian star |url=https://www.pillarcatholic.com/bishop-kurts-rising-ruthenian-star/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125182745/https://www.pillarcatholic.com/bishop-kurts-rising-ruthenian-star/ |archive-date=25 January 2023 |access-date=29 January 2023 |website=The Pillar}}</ref>
==See also== {{Div col}} * Catholic Church hierarchy * Catholic Church in the United States * Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States * List of Catholic bishops of the United States * Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops {{div col end}}
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==External links== {{wikiquote}} {{commonscat}} * [http://eparchyofpassaic.com/ Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Passaic Official Site] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20131225040709/http://www.tccweb.org/ourchurches.htm His Grace, Most Reverend Kurt R. Burnette - The Carpathian Connection] *[http://eparchyofpassaic.com/bishop.htm Kurt Burnette, Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Passaic] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208010515/http://www.eparchyofpassaic.com/bishop.htm |date=2013-12-08 }}
==Episcopal succession== {{s-start}} {{s-rel|ca}} {{succession box |title=Eparch of Passaic |before= William Charles Skurla |after= Incumbent |years= 2013-Present | }} {{s-end}}
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