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On [[March 31]], 2009 he was appointed the Bishop of Volokolamsk, the [[Vicar]] to the Patriarch of Moscow, the chairman of the Department of the External Church Relations (the position previously held by Patr. Kirill himself), and a permanent member of the [[Holy Synod]] ex officio.
On Pascha Monday, 2009, he was raised in rank to an [[]archbishop]] by Patr. Kirill during the [[Divine Liturgy]] in [[Dormition Cathedral (Moscow Kremlin)|Dormition Cathedral]] of the Moscow Kremlin.
In November 2009, Abp. Hilarion was named to the Board of Trustees of [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York)|St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] in Crestwood, New York.