Metropolitan Alexander (secular name Aleksander Paulus, ; 15 February 1872 Uue-Vändra Parish (now

Põhja-Pärnumaa Parish Põhja-Pärnumaa Parish () is a rural municipality in Pärnu County Pärnu County ( or ''Pärnumaa''; ) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in the south-western part of the country, on the coast of Gulf of Riga, and borders Lä� ...

Kreis Pernau Kreis is the German word for circle. Kreis may also refer to: Places * , or Circle (administrative division), various subdivisions roughly equivalent to counties, districts or municipalities ** Districts of Germany (including and ) ** Former ...

– 18 October 1953

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) was an Estonian Orthodox clergyman. Paulus was the primate of the

Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church The Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church (EAOC; , officially the Orthodox Church of Estonia) is an Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox church in Estonia under the direct jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. Under Estonian law i ...

. From 1920 until 1923, he was the Archbishop of

Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...

and Estonia. From 1923, he was Metropolitan of Tallinn and the whole of Estonia. He was a member of

IV Riigikogu IV Riigikogu was the fourth legislature of the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu). The legislature was elected after 1929 Estonian parliamentary election, 1929 elections (held on 11–13 May 1929). It sat between 15 June 1929 and 14 June 1932, befor ...

, representing the

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1872 births 1953 deaths People from Põhja-Pärnumaa Parish People from Kreis Pernau Bishops of the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church Eastern Orthodox Christians from Estonia Estonian People's Party politicians National Centre Party (Estonia) politicians Members of the Riigikogu, 1929–1932 Members of the Estonian National Assembly Members of the Riiginõukogu Recipients of the Order of the Estonian Red Cross Estonian World War II refugees Estonian emigrants to Sweden {{Estonia-1938-Riigikogu-politician-stub