'''Hieromonk David''' (secular name '''David Sterry MahaffeyJr'''<ref>http://doepa.org/news_070809_1.html</ref>) is an [[hieromonk]] of the [[Orthodox Church in America]] who was nominated on [[September 15]], 2012 by the delegates to the Assembly of the [[Diocese of Alaska (OCA)|Diocese of Alaska]] as the candidate for election as Bishop of Sitka and Alaska by the [[Holy Synod]].