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His Eminence '''Tikhon II of Kazan''' was the eighth [[Archbishop]] of the [[Diocese of Kazan|Eparchy of Kazan]] under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Church of Russia]]. While he succeeded Archbishop [[Cosmas of Kazan|Cosmas]], who died in 1583, and was succeeded by Metropolitan [[Hermogenes of Moscow|Hermogen]], who was consecrated in 1589, the date of the beginning of his [[episcopate]] is not known. 

==Life==
Little is known of the life of Abp. Tikhon. As its [[abbot]] he led the defense of the [[Pskov-Caves Monastery|Dormition Monastery of the Caves]] in [[Pskov]] during the attack of 1581-1582 by the Polish king Stephen Batory. At an unknown year after the attack, he was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] to the episcopate. As archbishop of the Eparchy of Kazan, he participated in the council in January 1589 that elected [[Bishop]] [[Job of Moscow|Job]] the first [[patriarch]] of the Church of Russia. 

After the council, the [[see]] of Kazan was raised to that of a Metropolitanate, but whether Abp. Tikhon was still living at the time is unknown as Metropolitan Hermogenes' consecration also occurred in 1589.

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before=[[Cosmas of Kazan|Cosmas]]|
title=[[List of bishops of the Diocese of Kazan|Archbishop of Kazan]]|
years=1589? - 1589|
after=[[Hermogenes of Moscow|Hermogenes]]}}
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==Sources==
*[http://www.kazan.eparhia.ru/www/english/bishops.htm  Kazan Diocese: Kazan bishops]
*[http://eng.kazan.eparhia.ru/bishops/bishops/  Kazan Diocese: Kazan bishops]

[[Category:Bishops]]
[[Category:Bishops of Kazan]]
[[Category:16th-century bishops]]