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His Eminence '''Bassian''' or '''Vassian of Kazan''' was [[Archbishop]] of the [[Diocese of Kazan]] of the [[Church of Russia]] for only three months during the year 1575, having reposed in office soon after his [[enthronement]]. 

==Life==
Little is known of Archbishop Bassian's life. Before his assignment to the [[see]] of Kazan, he was [[abbot]] at the Ipatiev Monastery of the Holy Trinity in Kostroma from 1558/1559 to 1566 and an [[archimandrite]] at the Moscow [[Novospassky Monastery (Moscow)|New Savior Monastery]] from 1571. In 1572, Archim. Vassian participated in a council that approved, with conditions, the marriage of Tsar Ivan IV (the Terrible) to [[w:Anna Koltovskaya|Anna Koltovskaya]], his fourth.

On [[February 14]], 1575, Archim. Vassian was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] the Archbishop of Kazan, a tenure that lasted only four months. He died  on [[May 21]], 1575 and was buried at the north wall of Kazan's [[Annunciation Cathedral (Kazan Kremlin, Russia)|Annunciation Cathedral]]. 

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before=[[Laurence I of Kazan|Laurence I]]|
title=[[List of bishops of the Diocese of Kazan|Archbishop of Kazan]]|
years=1575 - 1575|
after=[[Tikhon I (Khvorostinin) of Kazan|Tikhon I (Khvorostinin)]]}}
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==Sources==
*[http://www.kazan.eparhia.ru/www/english/bishops.htm  Kazan Diocese: Kazan bishops]
*[http://eng.kazan.eparhia.ru/bishops/bishops/  Kazan Diocese: Kazan bishops]

[[Category:Bishops]]
[[Category:Bishops of Kazan]]
[[Category:16th-century bishops]]