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His Grace '''Tikhon (Fitzgerald)''', Bishop of San Francisco, Los Angeles and the West, was the [[bishop]] of the [[Diocese of the West (OCA)|Diocese of the West]] of the [[Orthodox Church in America]] from 1987 to 2007. He is presently retired and living in Los Angeles. He was born Stephen Fitzgerald in Detroit, Michigan on 14 November 1932. He was raised in the Lutheran church and was accepted into the Orthodox Church through [[Chrismation]] in 1960. Bishop Dmitri ordained him to the Holy Diaconate in December 1971 at St. Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral, Washington, D.C. Bishop Gregory of Alaska ordained him to the Holy Priesthood in 1978. The Holy Synod elevated him to the rank of Archpriest in 1982. He was a clergyman of vast pastoral experience, serving in a number of parishes. After nomination as Bishop of San Francisco at the Extraordinary Diocesan Assembly held in San Francisco's Holy Trinity Cathedral on March 12, 1987, Fr. Stephen was elected Bishop of San Francisco by the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church in America on March 17, 1987. On the eve of the Feast of the Annunciation he was tonsured a monk with the name of Tikhon at St. Tikhon's Monastery, Pennsylvania, and elevated to the rank of Archimandrite on Lazarus Saturday at Christ the Saviour Church in San Francisco by Bishop Job, the Temporary Administrator of the Diocese of the West.