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[[Image:John Shahovskoy.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Abp. John]]
His Eminence the Most Reverend '''John (Shahovskoy), Archbishop of San Francisco''' was one of the many émigrés from the Russian civil war who entered a [[monastic]] life in the Orthodox Church and became a diocesan [[bishop]] in the United States. After first being [[consecration|consecrated]] Bishop of Brooklyn in the American [[OCA|Metropolia]], he was elected Bishop of San Francisco and Western America and [[Archbishop]] in 1961, a position he held until his retirement in 1973.
In 1946, Archimandrite John came to the United States and was assigned to the Holy Virgin Mary Church in Los Angeles, California. In Los Angeles he organized the Orthodox people to help refugees from Europe with food and clothing as well as helping arrange sponsorship for refugees coming to the United States as "displaced persons." On [[May 11]], 1947, Fr. John was consecrated Bishop of Brooklyn and was appointed dean of [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York)|St. Vladimir's Seminary]] in New York City. It was at this time that he began his ministry of forty years as a religious broadcaster to the Soviet Union.
In 1950, he was elected bishop of San Francisco, the see in which he remained until his retirement in 1973. Bishop John represented the American Metropolia from 1954 to 1966 on the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches. In 1961, he was elevated to the rank of Archbishop. Through his work with the Council he developed contacts that would be instrumental in the re-establishment of canonical relations between the Metropolia and the [[Church of Russia]], ultimately resulting in the granting of [[autocephaly]] to the Metropolia as the [[Orthodox Church in America]]. Although Archbishop John retired in 1973, he was called back to active ministry in his diocese in 1975, but finally retired in 1979. While in retirement he remained active in Russian literary and ecumenical circles. He died on [[May 30]], 1989, in Santa Barbara, California, and was buried at the Serbian Cemetery in San Francisco.
Although Archbishop John retired in 1973, he was called back to active ministry in his diocese in 1975, but finally retired in 1979. While in retirement he remained active in Russian literary and ecumenical circles. Archbishop John was the author of many books and articles. He often employed the pen name of ''Strannik'' in his writings. He died on [[May 30]], 1989, in Santa Barbara, California, and was buried at the Serbian Cemetery in San Francisco.
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{{succession|
before=?[[Makary (Ilyinsky) of New York|Makary (Ilyinsky)]]|
title=Bishop of Brooklyn (Metropolia)|
years=1947-1950|
after=?[[Peter (L'Huillier) of New York|Peter (L'Huillier)]]}}
{{succession|
before=?[[Theophilus (Pashkovsky) of San Francisco|Theophilus (Pashkovsky)]]|
title=Archbishop of San Francisco (Metropolia/OCA)|
years=1950-1973, 1975-1979|after=[[Vladimir (Nagosky) of San Francisco|Vladimir (Nagosky)]]<br>|}}{{succession|before=[[Vladimir (Nagosky) of San Francisco|Vladimir (Nagosky)]]|title=Archbishop of San Francisco (Metropolia/OCA)|years=1975-1979|after=[[Basil (Rodzianko) of San Francisco|Basil (Rodzianko)]]|}}
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== Sources==
* ''Orthodox America 1794-1976 Development of the Orthodox Church in America'', C. J. Tarasar, Gen. Ed. 1975, The Orthodox Church in America, Syosett, New York
==External link==
*[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/resources/hierarchs/oca/former_hierarchs.htm#john_shahovskoy_arch_sf His Eminence John, Archbishop of San Francisco and the West]
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