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His Grace, the Right Reverend '''Alexander ''' (secular name '''Alexander George Golitzin)''' of Dallas, the South and the Bulgarian Diocese {{lang-ru|Александр Юрьевич Голицын}}) is bishop-elect of [[Diocese of the South (OCA)|Dallas and , the South]] and ruling [[bishop]] of the [[Bulgarian Diocese (OCA)|Bulgarian Diocese of Toledo]], of the [[Orthodox_Church_in_America|Orthodox Church in America]]. He has also served as ''locum tenens'' of the [[Diocese_of_Washington_(OCA)|Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.]] and the [[Diocese of the Midwest (OCA)|Diocese of the Midwest]].

He has also served as ''locum tenens'' of the [[Diocese of Washington (OCA)|Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.]] and the [[Diocese of the Midwest (OCA)|Diocese of the Midwest]]. Bishop Alexander is the second ruling bishop of the OCA's Bulgarian Diocese. He succeeded His Eminence, the late [[Kyrill_Kyrill (Yonchev)_of_Pittsburghof Pittsburgh|Archbishop Kyrill (Yonchev)]], who had overseen the diocese from 1964 to 2007.

A descendant of the [http[w://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galitzine Galitzine/House of Golitsyn|Golitzin princely family]], Alexander George Golitzin was born on May 27, 1948 in Burbank, California. He studied at the University of California at Berkeley, where he received the BA in English in 1970, before earning the M.Div. at [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York)|St. Vladimir's Seminary]] in Crestwood, New York, in 1973. The future Bishop spent seven years in doctoral studies at Oxford University, where he earned the D.Phil. in Theology in 1980. His dissertation on [[Dionysius the Areopagite]] was written under the direction of Bishop [[Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia]]. In the final years of his doctoral studies, he spent a year at [[Simonopetra Monastery (Athos)|Simonos Petras Monastery]] on [[Mount_Athos|Mount Athos]], where he became a disciple of [[Aimilianos_%28Vafeidis%29|Elder Aimilianos]]. After his doctoral studies he returned to the United States, where he was ordained to the [[Deacon|diaconate]] on January 23, 1982 and to the [[Presbyter|priesthood]] on February 26, 1984. Father Alexander received the monastic tonsure from Elder Aimilianos at Simonos Petras in 1986. He was later elevated to the rank of [[Igumen]] and, on the day of his election to the episcopate, to the rank of [[Archimandrite]].