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His Grace '''Dionysius (Diachenko)''' was the Bishop of Pittsburgh of the Russian North American Mission ([[Metropolia]]) in mid twentieth century. Born Dmitry Diachenko. As an [[archimandrite]] he served as [[Dean]] of [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York)|St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] from 1944 to 1947. Then, he was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] a [[bishop]] and served as Bishop of Pittsburgh.  During the Eighth [[All-American Sobor]] of December 1950, he announced the election of [[Archbishop]] [[Leonty (Turkevich) of New York|Leonty]] as the new [[metropolitan]] of the Metropolia after the vote by the [[Synod]] of Bishops. 

*[http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Saint_Vladimir's_Orthodox_Theological_Seminary Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary]*[http://www.oca.org/HSprimatialelections.html Primatial Elections in the OCA]* http://zarubezhje.narod.ru/gi/d_009.htm