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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]] (ca. 1924) 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.
