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In 2008, Fr. Jonah was elevated to the rank of [[archimandrite]] and sent from the monastery to take on the duties of being an [[auxiliary bishop]] for the OCA's [[Diocese of the South (OCA)|Diocese of the South]]. In September of that year, he was officially elected to that position, and then on [[November 1]] [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] in Dallas as Bishop of Fort Worth, led by Abp. [[Dmitri (Royster) of Dallas]], then ''[[locum tenens]]'' of the OCA's metropolitan see.
Eleven days later, on [[November 12]], Bishop Jonah was elected as Metropolitan of the OCAat the 15th All-American Council of the Orthodox Church in America, in Pittsburgh, Pa. His formal installation in Washington, D.C., is scheduled for [[December 28]], 2008at [[St. Nicholas Cathedral (Washington, D.C.)|St. Nicholas Cathedral]].