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Basil (Essey) of Wichita

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===Episcopacy===
[[Image:Basil Essey3.jpg|right|frame|Bishop Basil at the glorification of [[Raphael of Brooklyn|St. Raphael]]]]
His Grace was nominated for [[bishop]] ([[auxiliary bishop|auxiliary]] to Metropolitan Philip) by the General Assembly of the [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America]] on [[July 26]], 1991, and was elected to the episcopacy (with the titular see of Enfeh al-Koura in north Lebanon) by the [[Holy Synod]] of the [[Church of Antioch|Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of the Great City-of-God Antioch and all the East]] on [[November 14]], 1991. He was consecrated to the episcopacy on May 31, 1992, at St. George Cathedral in Wichita, Kansas, by Metropolitan Philip of the Archdiocese of North America; Metropolitan [[Elias (Audi) of Beirut]]; Bishop [[Antoun (Khouri) of Miami|Antoun (Khouri)]], titular bishop of Seleucia and auxiliary of the Archdiocese of North America; and the late Archbishop [[Michael (Shaheen) of Toledo]], Ohio, auxiliary of the Archdiocese of North America. From 1992 until 1995 he resided at the Los Angeles Chancery, and in September 1995 he took up residence at the Wichita Chancery. By a decision of the [[Holy Synod]] of the Patriarchate dated [[October 9]], 2003, His Grace became a diocesan bishop and, since his enthronement on [[December 15]], 2004, bears bearing the title of '''Bishop of Wichita and Mid-America'''. He was enthroned in his cathedral on [[December 15]], 2004.
===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).
 
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