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Addition of the appointment of Vladyka Hilarion as locum tenens of the UOCC.
On [[March 21]], 2004, Fr. Hilarion was elevated to the dignity of [[archimandrite]] by the [[Holy Synod]] of the [[Church of Constantinople]]. On [[January 11]], 2005, Fr. Hilarion was elected to the [[episcopate|episcopacy]] as Bishop of Telmissus by the Holy Synod, to serve as assistant to Metropolitan Epiphanius of Spain and Portugal. He was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] in the [[Patriarchal Church of Saint George (Phanar)|Patriarchal Church of St. George]] in [[Constantinople]] on [[January 29]], 2005.
On [[October 21]], 2008, Bishop Hilarion was elected the Bishop of Edmonton by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate at the request of Metropolitan [[John (Stinka) of Winnipeg|John (Stinka)]] of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada(UOCC). He was enthroned as Bishop of Edmonton and Western Canada on [[October 26]], 2008, at the Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral of St. John in Edmonton, Canada. Following the retirement of Metropolitan [[Yurij (Kalistchuk) of Winnipeg]] on [[July 10]], 2021, Bishop Hilarion became [[locum tenens]] of the cathedra of the Winnipeg [[Metropolia]] of the UOCC until a "sobor" or general council of the UOCC could be held to elect a new [[first hierarch|primate]] to replace Metropolitan Yurij.
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