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Kiril of Polog and Kumanovo

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Kiril
Metropolitan of Polog and Kumanovo
Church Macedonian
Diocese Polog and Kumanovo
See Skopje
Installed 1971
Quashed 2013
Predecessor unknown
Successor Joseph of Kumanovo and Osogovo
Joseph of Tetovo and Gostivar
Personal details
Born 1934
Carev Dvor, Coat of arms of Resen Municipality.svg Resen
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
Died 2013
Skopje
Republic of Macedonia Macedonia
Buried Monastery in Deljadrovci,Skopje
Nationality Macedonian
Denomination Cross of the Russian Orthodox Church 01.svg Eastern Orthodoxy
Residence Coat of arms of Skopje.svg Skopje
Occupation Metropolitan of MPC-OA

Kiril, birth name Nikola Popovski (Macedonian Cyrillic: Никола Поповски), was Metropolitan bishop of the no longer existing Diocese of Polog and Kumanovo of Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric.

Kiril completed primary education in his native village and Theological Seminary in Prizren, in present Kosovo. In 1965 he enrolled in the Moscow Spiritual Academy, but after two years of study he came back to Macedonia and completed his studies at the Theological faculty "St. Clement of Ohrid" in Skopje.


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