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His Grace Eminence '''Dionysius (Diachenko)''' was a hierarch of the Orthodox Christian Church who held [[see]]s in the Bishop of Pittsburgh United States of America with the Russian North American Mission ([[Metropolia]]) in and the [[Church of Russia|Moscow Patriarchate]] during the mid twentieth century.

Born ==Life==Archbishop Dionysius was born Dmitry Diachenko (Russian: Дмитрий Дьяченко) in 1882. After completing his secondary education he attended and graduated from the Stavropol Theological [[Seminary]]. He then entered the [[Kazan Theological Academy]], from which he graduated in 1909 with a degree of candidate of theology. Then, he joined the historical-philological faculty of St. Petersburg University and the St. Petersburg Archaeological Institute.

In 1914 , he was [[ordination|ordained ]] a [[priest ]] in the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] in Vladikavkaz in the North Caucasus where on [[August 26]], 1914, and in 1917 he fled from Russia during was designated a staff member of the Vladikavkaz spiritual consistory. Raised to the dignity of archpriest, Fr. Dmitry was appointed rector of St. Michael the Archangel [[Russian RevolutionCathedral]]in Vladikavkaz. He thereafter resided for some time With the Bolshevik revolution in Manchuria 1917 and the Civil War that followed, Fr. Dmitry ended up in far eastern Siberia. From there he emigrated to China in 1920 where he lived and later served in Shanghai. In 1935, he was [[Chinatonsure]]d a [[monk]] with the name Dionysius in the Shanghai cathedral and subsequently was elevated to the rank of [[archimandrite]]. In the mid-1940s he emigrated to the United States.

As an [[archimandrite]] During the years 1944 to 1947, he served as [[Dean]] of [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York)|St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] from 1944 to under the [[jurisdiction]] of the Russian North American Mission. On [[December 7]], 1947. Then, he was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] a [[bishopBishop]] of Pittsburgh and served West Virginia. During the Eighth [[All-American Sobor]] of December 1950, he announced the election of [[Archbishop]] [[Leonty (Turkevich) of New York|Leonty]] as Bishop the new [[metropolitan]] of the Metropolia after the vote by the [[Synod]] of PittsburghBishops.

During In 1957, he joined the Moscow Patriarchate as the Deputy to the Eighth [[All-American Sobor]] Exarch of December 1950, he announced the election Moscow Patriarchate and the Americas with the title of [[Archbishop]] [[Leonty (Turkevich) Bishop of New York|Leonty]] as . In 1957, Bp. Dionysius was raised to the new rank of [[metropolitanarchbishop]] , and in 1958 he was appointed Archbishop of San Francisco and California under the Metropolia after the vote by the Moscow Patriarchate. In 1960, he retired, and on [[SynodSeptember 12]] of Bishops, 1967, he reposed in San Francisco.

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* [http://zarubezhje.narod.ru/gi/d_009.htm Archbishop Dionysius (Dmitry Dyachenko) (Dionysius (Diachenko)) (skonch. 1967)] In Russian* [http://174.123.24.242/leagle/xmlResult.aspx?xmldoc=197134719CalApp3d328_1317.xml&docbase=CSLWAR1-1950-1985 JOHNATHAN v. SHEA]* [http://zarubezhjelaw.narodjustia.rucom/cases/california/calapp3d/gi19/d_009328.html Johnathan v. Shea 19 Cal. App.htm3d 328]