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September 19, 1965 in the church of Saint-suffering Job in Brussels he was consecrated bishop of the Hague, the vicar of the Western European Diocese, and appopinted Chief Dutch Orthodox Mission. Consecration was performed by Metropolitan [[Philaret (Voznesensky) of New York|Philaret (Voznesensky)]], Archbishop [[Anthony (Bartoshevich) of Geneva|Anthony (Bartoshevich)]] of Geneva and Bishop [[Nathaniel (Lvov)]].
After the death of the Archbishop Jonh in 1966, Bishop Jakob lost his flock that assisstance and protection, which he render the Dutch diocese. In general, after the death of Metropolitan [[Anastasy (Gribanovsky) of Kishinev|Anastasius (Gribanovsky)]] and St. John (Maximovich) in the ROCOR prevailed the spirit of isolationism and the desire to make all weaten rite new and calendarist parishes to serve by the old calendar and according only according to the Russian liturgical tradition. Thus, the Hague Diocese finds itself in isolation.
In 1971, with his community and two monasteries he left the ROCOR, so long as ROCOR Synod not let him celebrate the holidays by the Western calendar<ref>Gernot Seide «Geschichte der Russischen Orthodoxen Kirche im Ausland von der Gründunng bis in die Gegenwart» 1983</ref>.
