Archbishop Alexander of Toledo, born Alexander Golitzin (b. 27 May 1948) is the current Archbishop of
Toledo and the Bulgarian Diocese and
Dallas and the South of the
Orthodox Church in America
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.
Biography
Alexander Yuryevich Golitzin was born in Burbank, California on 27 May, 1948. Through his father he is a member of the
Golitsyn family
The House of Golitsyn (, ) is the second largest and noblest Princely house in Russia.Jean-Marie Thiébaud , A great princely family of Russia, the Galitzines. Genealogy and historical notes , Paris, 1997. Among its members were warlords, lan ...
. He received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Berkely in English and received a Master of Divinity from Saint Vladimir's Seminary.
He attended Oxford university in 1973, and two years in
Mount Athos
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The mountain and most of the Athos peninsula are governed ...
, obtaining his Ph.D. in 1980. He was ordained into the deaconate in July 1982, into the priesthood in 1984, and tonsured as a monk in 1986. In 1989, he taught at
Marquette University
Marquette University () is a Private university, private Jesuit research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. It was established as Marquette College on August 28, 1881, by John Henni, the first Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Ar ...
in the Department of Theology, specializing in Jewish and Christian mysticism, until April 2022.
In 2011, he was elected as the Bishop of Toledo and the Bulgarian Diocese and consecrated on May 5, 2012, succeeding Archbishop
Kyrill Yonchev
Archbishop Kyrill (Yonchev) (secular name Ilia Manchov Yonchev, ; February 26, 1920 – June 17, 2007) was the archbishop of the Orthodox Church in America's Diocese of Western Pennsylvania and Bulgarian Diocese.
Biography
Archbishop Kirill ...
who died in 2007. On 30 March 2016, he was elected as the Bishop of Dallas and the South, succeeding
Dmitri (Royster), who had died in 2011. He is the second Archbishop of both dioceses. He was elevated to the rank of Archbishop in Spring of 2017.
On 22 July 2013, he was awarded the
Order of Saint Vladimir
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in the second class.
Honors and awards
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, 2nd class
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See also
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House of Golitsyn
The House of Golitsyn (, ) is the second largest and noblest Princely house in Russia.Jean-Marie Thiébaud , A great princely family of Russia, the Galitzines. Genealogy and historical notes , Paris, 1997. Among its members were warlords, lan ...
References
External links
Orthodox Wiki page
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Living people
1948 births