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==Life==
Born Alexander Apollosovich Panteleyev (Александр Аполлосович Пантелеев).
From 1909 to 1913, he was priest of [[Holy Ascension Cathedral (Unalaska, Alaska)|Holy Ascension Cathedral in Unalaska, Alaska]].
Alexis (Panteleev) was an [[archimandrite]] who was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] Bishop of San Francisco on [[February 6]], 1927. On [[June 10]], 1928, Bp. Alexis participated in the [[consecration of a church|consecration]] of St. Nicholas Church in Portland, Oregon.[http://www.stnicholaspdx.org/about/] In 1931, he was succeeded by [[Theophilus (Pashkovsky) of San Francisco|Theophilus (Pashkovsky)]] who had been Bishop of Chicago.
In 1934, Bp. Alexis was appointed Bishop of Alaska, replacing [[Antoninus (Pokrovsky) of Alaska|Antoninus (Pokrovsky)]] who had transferred to the [[Russian Exarchate of North America]]. Bp. Alexis served as Bishop of Alaska until 1944, spending much of the time in Unalaska.
In 1946 he moved to the jurisdiction of the [[Moscow Patriarchate]] and returned from the U.S. to the USSR in October of same year.
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==SourceSources==*Constance J. Tarasar, ed., ''Orthodox America 1794-1976, Development of the Orthodox Church in America'', Syosett, New York, The Orthodox Church in America, 1975*[http://focus.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NHLS/Text/70000112.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form for Holy Ascension Cathedral, Unalaska]
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