Dionysius (Diachenko) of San Francisco

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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 (Дмитрий Дьяченко) in 1882.

In 1914 he was ordained a priest in the Russian Orthodox Church, and in 1917 he fled from Russia during the Russian Revolution. He thereafter resided for some time in Manchuria and later in China.

As an archimandrite he served as Dean of St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary from 1944 to 1947. Then, he was 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 as the new metropolitan of the Metropolia after the vote by the Synod of Bishops.

In 1957 the decedent was elevated to the rank of archbishop.

On December 14, 1958 he was appointed аrchbishop of San Francisco and California

Не retired in 1959. Не died September 12, 1967 in San Francisco.


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Dionysius (Diachenko) of San Francisco
Preceded by:
Benjamin (Basalyga)
Bishop of Pittsburgh
1947?-1952?
Succeeded by:
Benjamin (Basalyga)
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