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His Eminence the Most Reverend Metropolitan '''Victor (Abo-Assaley) of New York''' was the first [[primate]] of the [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America|Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of New York]].

He was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] by the Patriarch of Antioch and assigned to organize the Syrian [[parish]]es in North America into a common [[diocese]] following the disorder created by the breakdown of the Russian North American diocese.

Victor was consecrated on [[September 11]], 1924, and began his efforts in the United States shortly thereafter. Metr. Victor's efforts were met with limited success among the Syrian parishes led by Bp. [[Aftimios Ofiesh]] within the Russian North American diocese. The majority of parishes remained loyal to Bp. Afitmios. 

Bp. Victor died on [[April 19]], 1934. After his death the parishes loyal to him were administered by [[Archimandrite]] [[Anthony (Bashir) of New York|Anthony Bashir]] who had come to the United States independently in 1922 as "a missionary to the unchurched Syrians of America."

==Source==
*Tarasar, Constance J. ''Orthodox America 1794-1976 Development of the Orthodox Church in America''. Syosett, New York: The Orthodox Church in America, 1975.


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