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Bishop '''Innocent (Pustynsky) of Alaska''' was the first [[auxiliary bishop]] for Archbishop [[Tikhon of Moscow|Tikhon (Belavin)]] of the [[Orthodox Church in America|Diocese of the Aleutians and North America ]] and served as Bishop of Alaska in North America from 1904 to 1909.
Fr. Innocent (Pustynsky) was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan in St. Petersburg, Russia and was appointed Bishop of Alaska as first auxiliary [[bishop]] to Bishop Tikhon in the North American diocese. On [[February 24]],1904 he arrived from Russia to take up his position as the [[vicar]] Bishop of Alaska.
