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[[Image:Basil Essey.jpg|right|frame|Bishop Basil (Essey) of Wichita and Mid-America]]
His Grace the Right Reverend Bishop '''Basil (Essey) ''' (born 1948) was the Bishop of Wichita and Mid-America''' is , a retired [[diocese|diocesan]] [[bishop]] of the [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America]]. He is was also the Secretary of the [[Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America]].
==Life==
===The Glorification of St. Raphael===
Bishop Basil co-chaired the Joint [[Orthodox Church in America|OCA]]-[[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America|Antiochian]] Canonization Commission which led to the [[glorification]] of Bishop [[Raphael of Brooklyn|Raphael (Hawaweeny) of Brooklyn]] on [[May 29]], 2000, at [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Monastery (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)]], where he [[concelebration|concelebrated]] the services for St. Raphael with many other hierarchs. His Grace oversaw the publication of the book containing St. Raphael's [[Hagiography|Life]], [[Akolouthia]] and [[Akathist]] (Antakya Press, 2000), arranged the hymnography for St. Raphael to [[Byzantine Chant|Byzantine melodies]], and directed the Clergy Brotherhood Choir which recorded an audio CD of the hymns for the feast of St. Raphael (Antakya Press 2001).
=== Resignation ===
Bishop Basil resigned at the age of 73 on October 17, 2022.
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{{succession |before=?— |title =Bishop of Enfeh Al-KouraAnfeh |years =1992-20031992–2003 |after =?—}}{{succession |before=—— |title =Bishop of Wichita (Antiochian)and Mid-America |years =2003-present2003–2022 |after =——}}
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==Residence and Cathedral==
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