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Nathaniel (Popp) of Detroit

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The Most Reverend '''Nathaniel''', [[Archbishop]] of Detroit and the Romanian Episcopate, presides over the [[Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America (OCA)|Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America]], an [[ethnic diocese]] of the [[Orthodox Church in America]]. He is also the founder and president of the [[St. Andrew House Center for Orthodox Christian Studies]].
==Life== Abp. Nathaniel was born William George Popp on [[June 12]], 1940 , in Aurora, Illinois , to a family of Romanian heritage. In 1966, he William was ordained to the [[Presbyter|priesthood]] third of five children in the Romanian Uniate Church. He soon left the Unia family of Joseph Popp and, under Vera nee Boytor who were immigrants from the guidance County of Archbishop Valeria (Trifa) of the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of AmericaSatu Mare. In 1958, converted to Orthodoxy on [[February 15]]after completing primary and secondary schooling, 1968William entered St. After residing Procopius College in Lisle, Illinois that was a “Pontifical Eastern Rite Center” run by [[MonasticismRule of St. Benedict|monasticBenedictine]] [[monk]] community for several yearss where he studied the history, Frorigins, and purposes of the Greek Catholic Church. Popp became Upon graduation in 1962, William was called to Rome, Italy by the Romanian Greek Catholic bishop, Vasile Cristea, to study at the Pontifical Gregorian University and the Athanasium Greek College, studying the rites, canons, and the rector spiritual life of a parish in Hermitage, Pennsylvaniathe Byzantine Rite.
During these college years, William witnessed the activities of the second Vatican council and traveled through Germany and Greece including [[Mount Athos]]. It was at Mount Athos that William first visited an Orthodox Church and expressed the thought, ‘’If only the monks were not Orthodox.” Although deeply moved spiritually, his internal conflict with the history and loyalty to the “Unia” caused him to keep Orthodoxy at a distance. It was at Mount Athos that one of the spiritual fathers “bestowed” on him the name “Nathaniel.” Upon completing his studies in 1966, William was [[ordination|ordained]] to the diaconate on [[July 17]] and to the [[Presbyter|priesthood]] in the Romanian [[Uniate]] Church on [[October 23]]. Returning to the United States in January 1967, he was appointed as the assistant priest in the [[parish]] of St. Michael, in Aurora, Illinois. As Fr. Popp entered into parish life, the spirituality and theology of his Orthodox experiences began to rise in importance for him. Within months he sought entrance into the Orthodox Church. Having no practical experience in American Orthodox situation, he visited former classmates from Rome who had also embraced Orthodoxy. Through the parish priest of St. Mary parish in Cleveland, Ohio, Fr. Popp was introduced to Archbishop [[Valerian (Trifa) of Detroit|Valerian (Trifa)]] of the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America,  Under the guidance of Archbishop Valerian, Fr. Popp was examined by the Episcopate Council and received into the Orthodox faith at St. Mary [[Chapel]] at ‘’Vatra’’ on [[February 15]], 1968. After residing in a [[Monasticism|monastic]] community for several years, Fr. Popp became the priest of Holy Cross Parish in Hermitage, Pennsylvania in 1975. On [[September 20]], 1980, a Special Electoral Congress of the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America called Fr. Nathaniel to the episcopate as an [[auxiliary bishop]] to Abp. Valerian. On [[November 15]], 1980, Fr. Nathaniel was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated ]] [[Bishop ]] of Dearborn Heights, as an [[auxiliary bishop]] to Abp. ValeriaValerian. He served as auxiliary bishop until 1984, when Abp. Valeria Valerian retired. On [[November 17]], 1984, Bishop Nathaniel became the ruling hierarch of the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America. On [[October 20]], 1999, the [[Holy Synod ]] of the OCA elevated him to the rank of archbishop.
Archbishop Nathaniel traveled to Romania in May 2003, where he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Oradea.
 
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==Contact informationExternal links==PO Box 309<br>Grass Lake, MI 49240-0309  Office*[https: 517-522-4800<br>//roea.orthodoxws.com/biography1 Official biography]Fax*[http: 517-522-5907 ==External link==* //www.roea.org/+NPastoral.htm Pastoral letters] (also in [http://www.roea.org/bio+NPastorale.htm Romanian])<!-nathaniel- *[http://orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/resources/hierarchs/oca/current.htm Biography#nathaniel_arch Listing]at the Orthodox Research Institute--->
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