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update succession box;
On [[January 27]], 2009, Kyrill was elected as Patriarch of Moscow, and was enthroned as the sixteenth Patriarch on Sunday [[February 1]], 2009.
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{{succession|
before=—|
years=1976-1984|
after=—}}
{{succession|
before=—|
years=1984-2009|
after=—}}
{{succession|
before=[[Philaret (Vakhromeyev) of Minsk|Philaret (Vakhromeyev)]]|
title=5th Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of Moscow Patriarchate|
years=November 14, 1989 - February 1, 2009|
after=[[Hilarion (Alfeyev) of Volokolamsk|Hilarion (Alfeyev)]]|}}
{{succession|
before=[[Alexei II (Ridiger) of Moscow|Alexei II (Ridiger)]]|
years=2009-Present|
after=—}}
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