Joakim Herbut

Joakim Herbut
Bishop of Skopje
Native name	Macedonian: Јоаким Хербут Pannonian Rusyn: Йоаким Гербут Serbian: Јоаким Хербут
Church	Catholic Church Macedonian Greek Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Skopje
In office	2 August 1969 – 15 April 2005
Predecessor	Smiljan Franjo Čekada
Successor	Kiro Stojanov
Other post	Apostolic Exarch of Macedonia (2001-2005)
Orders
Ordination	6 July 1952 by Gabrijel Bukatko
Consecration	21 December 1969 by Smiljan Franjo Čekada
Personal details
Born	(1928-02-14)14 February 1928 Ruski Krstur, Bačka Oblast, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Died	15 April 2005(2005-04-15) (aged 77) Skopje, Macedonia

Monsignor Dr. Joakim Herbut (Macedonian/Serbian: Јоаким Хербут) 14 February 1928 – 15 April 2005) was a Macedonian Catholic prelate. He was bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Skopje-Prizren from 1969 to 2005 and exarch of the Greek Catholic Apostolic Exarch of Macedonia from 2001 to 2005.

Born in the village of Ruski Krstur in present-day Serbia, autonomous province of Vojvodina on 14 February 1928 in the Rusyn family. He was ordained a priest on 6 July 1952 by Bishop Gabrijel Bukatko for the Eparchy of Križevci. Fr. Herbut was the personal assistant in Skopje from 1954 to 1957 and in Križevci from 1957 to 1959. and as bishop of Skopje-Prizren diocese was placed on October 2, 1969 by Pope Paul VI and the inauguration took place on December 21, 1969. Also from 3 July 1972 he served as apostolic visitator for the Byzantine Rite faithful in Yugoslav Macedonia and later he was appointed the head of the renewed Apostolic Exarch of Macedonia on January 11, 2001.

Monsignor Joakim Herbut died in Skopje on April 15, 2005.