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The 17th All-American Council was held for just one day, Tuesday, [[November 13]], 2012 (the Feast of Saint John Chrysostom), at the Holy Trinity Church, Parma, Ohio. It was attended by 11 Hierarchs, 295 Clergy Delegates, 284 Lay Delegates for 590 eligible to vote. Also, there were 7 Retired Clergy and 66 Observers for a total of 663 people. The only order of business for this council was the election of a new primate of the Orthodox Church in America. No single candidate received the required two-thirds margin on the first ballot. On the second ballot, His Eminence, [[Tikhon (Mollard) of Washington|Archbishop Tikhon of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania]] and His Grace, [[Michael (Dahulich) of New York|Bishop Michael of New York and New Jersey]], received 317 and 355 votes respectively. The members of the [[Holy Synod]] retired into the altar where they elected Archbishop Tikhon.

On the first ballot, the two leading candidates were Bishop Michael 205, Archbishop Tikhon 118. Also receiving first ballot votes were, [[Melchisedek (Pleska) of Pittsburgh|Bishop Melchizedek]] 9694, [[Nathaniel (Popp) of Detroit|Archbishop Nathaniel]] 49, [[Benjamin (Peterson) of San Francisco|Archbishop Benjamin]] 23, [[Basil (Essey) of Wichita|Bishop Basil (Essey)]] 17, [[Jonah (Paffhausen) of Washington|Metropolitan Jonah]] 17, [[Nikon (Liolin) of Boston|Archbishop Nikon]] 13, [[Mark (ForsbergMaymon) of BostonBaltimore|Bishop Mark(Maymon)]] 910, [[Alexander (Golitzin) of Toledo|Bishop Alexander]] 8, [[Irénée (Rochon) of Quebec City|Bishop Irénée]] 5, Abbot Gerasim [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Metropolitan Hilarion (ROCOR)]] 3, [[Matthias (Moriak) of Chicago|Bishop Matthias]] 3, Fr. Archimandrite Alexander (Pihach ) 3, Fr. Hieromonk [[David (Mahaffey)|David Mahaffey]] 3, [[Hilarion Alejo (KapralPacheco y Vera) of New YorkMexico City|Metropolitan Hilarion Archbishop Alejo]] 2, Igumen [[Gerasim (ROCOREliel)]] 32, [[Alejo Philip (Pacheco y VeraSaliba) of Mexico CityNew York|Archbishop AlejoMetropolitan Philip]] 2, Abbot Sergius 1, [[Irineu (Duvlea) of Dearborn Heights|Bishop Ireneu]] 1, [[Seraphim (Sigrist) of Sendai|Bishop Seraphim (Sigrist)]] 1, Fr. Patrick Carpenter Archimandrite Vladimir (Wendling) 1, Hieromonk Herman Igumen Sergius (Bowyer) 1, Igumen Vladimir Wendling Patrick (Carpenter) 1, and [[Philip Paul (SalibaGassios) of New York|Metropolitan PhilipArchpriest Paul Gassios]] 1, and Hieromonk Herman (Majkrzak) 1. There were 6 7 invalid /blank ballots , for a total of 590 votes.

On the second ballot: Bishop Michael 355, Archbishop Tikhon 317, Bishop Melchizedek 161, Archbishop Nathaniel 81, Bishop Mark (Maymon) 28, Bishop Basil (Essey) 25, Archbishop Benjamin 23, Archbishop Nikon 23, Bishop Basil (Essey) 22, Bishop Alexander 20, Metropolitan Jonah 17, Bishop Irénée (Rochon) 15, Metropolitan Jonah 14, Metropolitan Hilarion (Kapral) ([[ROCOR]]) 1413, Archbishop Alejo 11, Bishop Matthias 9, Archbishop Alejo 8, Abbot Gerasim (Eliel) 6, Bishop Irineu (Duvlea) 5, Fr. David Mezynski 5, Archimandrite Alexander (Pihach ) 4, Fr. David Mahaffey Bishop Seraphim (Sigrist) 3, Archimandrite Christopher (Calin) 3, Fr. Gerasimos [[Kyrill (Gundyayev) of Moscow|Patriarch Kyrill]] 32, [[Meletios (Webber)|Archimandrite Meletios (Webber)]] 2, Brother Luke Dorrant Igumen Sergius (Bowyer) 2, Archpriest Paul Gassios 2, Fr. Hieromonk David Mezynski (Mahaffey) 2, Monk Stavros (Leves) 2, [[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York|Metropolitan Herman]] 2, Monk Mark Savros 21, Metropolitan [[Kyrill Hilarion (GundyayevAlfeyev) of MoscowVienna|Patriarch KyrillHilarion (Alfeyev)]] 2, Archimandrite Christopher Calin 1. Archimandrite Pitirim (Stehnach) 1, Bishop Seraphim (SigristROC) 1, [[Thomas (Joseph) of Charleston and Oakland|Bishop Thomas]] (Antiochian) 1, Fr. Basil Summer Archimandrite Juvenaly (Repass) 1, Archimandrite Pitirim (Stehnach) 1, Igumen Joseph (Hoffman) 1, Igumen Patrick (Carpenter) 1, Fr. David Brum 1, Fr. John Chudik Theodore Heckman 1, Fr. Juvenaly Repass Basil Summer 1, Fr. Patrick Carpenter John Chudik 1, Fr. Theodore Heckman Hieromonk Herman (Majkrzak) 1, and Fr. Joseph Hoffman 1Brother Luke (Dorr) 2. There were 3 11 invalid ballots (22 votes), and 6 ballots (12 votes) were not submitted for a total of 1180 votes.