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His Grace, the Right Reverend Bishop '''Alejo (Pacheco y Vera) of Mexico City''' is the [[bishop]] of the OCA’s Exarchate of Mexico. He succeeded Bishop [[Jose (Cortes y Olmos) of Mexico City|Jose]] who reposed in the 1980s.
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His Grace, the Right Reverend Bishop '''Alejo (Pacheco y Vera) of Mexico City''' is an [[auxiliary bishop]] to Metr. [[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York]], serving in the [[OCA]]'s [[Exarchate of Mexico (OCA)|Exarchate of Mexico]] (which has Abp. [[Dmitri (Royster) of Dallas|Dmitri (Royster)]] as its exarch). He succeeded Bishop [[Jose (Cortes y Olmos) of Mexico City|Jose]] who reposed in the 1980s.
  
 
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On [[January 14]], 1979, he was [[ordination|ordained]] [[deacon]] and assigned to the Cathedral of the Ascension of Our Lord (Catedral de la Ascension del Senor) in Mexico City. He was ordained a [[priest]] on [[March 1]], 1981. While continuing to serve at the [[cathedral]], he served the many missions throughout the State of Chaipas.  
 
On [[January 14]], 1979, he was [[ordination|ordained]] [[deacon]] and assigned to the Cathedral of the Ascension of Our Lord (Catedral de la Ascension del Senor) in Mexico City. He was ordained a [[priest]] on [[March 1]], 1981. While continuing to serve at the [[cathedral]], he served the many missions throughout the State of Chaipas.  
  
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In 2001, be was elevated to the monastic rank of [[igumen]] by the [[Synod]] of Bishops. Two years later he was elevated to [[archimandrite]]. On [[May 28]], 2005, Archimandrite Alejo was consecrated Bishop of Mexico City, auxiliary to Metropolitan [[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York|Herman]], at [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Monastery (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)|St Tikhon’s Monastery]] in South Canaan, Pennsylvania, following his election by the Synod of Bishops in March 2005.
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In 2001, be was elevated to the monastic rank of [[igumen]] by the [[Synod]] of Bishops. Two years later he was elevated to [[archimandrite]]. On [[May 28]], 2005, Archimandrite Alejo was consecrated Bishop of Mexico City, auxiliary to Metropolitan [[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York|Herman]], at [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Monastery (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)|St Tikhon's Monastery]] in South Canaan, Pennsylvania, following his election by the Synod of Bishops in March 2005.
  
 
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Revision as of 19:14, August 22, 2008

His Grace, the Right Reverend Bishop Alejo (Pacheco y Vera) of Mexico City is an auxiliary bishop to Metr. Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York, serving in the OCA's Exarchate of Mexico (which has Abp. Dmitri (Royster) as its exarch). He succeeded Bishop Jose who reposed in the 1980s.

Life

The future Bishop Alejo was born in Mexico on September 6, 1954, the son of Eusebio Pacheco and Maria C. Cera-Villeda. He was received into the Orthodox faith on August 1, 1972. He pursued studies of Orthodox theology under programs offered by Metr. Antonio Chedraoui, the Antiochian Orthodox Bishop of Mexico City. which led him to enter the monastic community. On July 8, 1978, he was tonsured a monk by Bishop Jose of Mexico City with the name Alejo.

On January 14, 1979, he was ordained deacon and assigned to the Cathedral of the Ascension of Our Lord (Catedral de la Ascension del Senor) in Mexico City. He was ordained a priest on March 1, 1981. While continuing to serve at the cathedral, he served the many missions throughout the State of Chaipas.

In 2001, be was elevated to the monastic rank of igumen by the Synod of Bishops. Two years later he was elevated to archimandrite. On May 28, 2005, Archimandrite Alejo was consecrated Bishop of Mexico City, auxiliary to Metropolitan Herman, at St Tikhon's Monastery in South Canaan, Pennsylvania, following his election by the Synod of Bishops in March 2005.

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