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[[File:vigile2.jpg|thumb|Metropolitan Evloghios, Archbishop Lazar, Archbishop Vigile and Metropolitan Filaret in Kiev for the funeral service of Patriarch Volodymir']]
He was consecrated [[bishop]] on 6 December o.s./19 December n.s. 1995, Feast of St. Nicholas in the Cathedral of [[Milan]], by Archbishop Evloghij, Archbishop [[Vigil of Paris]] and [[Bishop Vassilij of Ostia]] under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Autonomous Orthodox Church of Milan, Western Europe and Canada]] - [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate]]. [[Archbishop]] [[Lazar (Puhalo) of Ottawa]], who knew him in [[w:Kiev|Kiev]], sent as member of the [[Holy Synod]] of [[Autonomous Orthodox Church of Milan, Western Europe and Canada]] ([[Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate]]) his agreement for the consecration. Vladyka Vladimir was in the same Holy Synod with Vladyka [[Lazar (Puhalo) of Ottawa]] and Vladyka [[Varlaam (Novakshonoff) of Vancouver]], consecrated by Metropolitan Evloghios under his Omophor as the Head of the [[Autonomous Orthodox Church of Milan, Western Europe and Canada]] - [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate]] on 19 September / 2 October 1994 (See the Grammata at the end of the page [http://mediolanum.me/canada/]).
In 2004 he left his mother Church and went to another [[jurisdiction]]. He later repented and was readmitted to the [[Holy Synod of Milan]] with penance which included a forced retirement. There he remained until June of 2013 as a [[retired bishop]] by will of the Holy Synod of Milan. After years of retired life and study, the [[Holy Synod of Milan]] reconsidered his position and accepted the request of Vladyka Vladimir to return to the status of an active [[bishop]] no longer in forced retirement.
