Archbishop Daniel (real name Volodymyr Olegovych Zelinsky; uk, Володимир Олегович Зелінський; born September 28, 1972) is a Ukrainan-American Orthodox hierarch who is the Archbishop of Pamphylia and of the Western Eparchy of the

Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA (UOC of USA; uk, Українська православна церква у США) is a jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the United States. It consists of two eparchies (dioceses), ruled ...

(UOC of USA) since 2008.

Early life and education

Zelinsky was born on September 28, 1972 in

Ivano-Frankivsk Ivano-Frankivsk ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вськ, translit=Iváno-Frankívśk ), formerly Stanyslaviv ( pl, Stanisławów ; german: Stanislau), is a city located in Western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Ivano-Frankivsk O ...

, Ukraine to a family of teachers and grew up in

Buchach Buchach ( uk, Бучач; pl, Buczacz; yi, בעטשאָטש, Betshotsh or (Bitshotsh); he, בוצ'אץ' ''Buch'ach''; german: Butschatsch; tr, Bucaş) is a city located on the Strypa River (a tributary of the Dniester) in Chortkiv Raion of T ...

. After graduating from high school, in September 1993 he entered the first year of the Ivano-Frankivsk Uniate Seminary. In 1996, he emigrated to the United States, where he attended the

Catholic University of America The Catholic University of America (CUA) is a private Roman Catholic research university in Washington, D.C. It is a pontifical university of the Catholic Church in the United States and the only institution of higher education founded by U.S. ...

and later the

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, both located in

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. At this point in time, he was ordained a deacon.

Ordination

On May 12, 2001, Zelinsky was ordained a priest by Archbishop

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at the

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. On October 3, 2007, Daniel was elevated to archimandrite. Later that month, he was elected for elevation to bishop.

Episcopacy

On May 9, 2008, Daniel was ordained as a bishop. The following day, he was also consecrated Bishop of Pamphylia. In October 2008, he was elected head of the Western Eparchy. On September 7, 2018, as part of the

Autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine On 5 January 2019, Bartholomew I, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, signed the tomos that officially recognized and established the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and granted it autocephaly (self-governorship). The events immediately leadin ...

, Daniel was appointed Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarch in Ukraine.

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{{authority control 1972 births Living people People from Ivano-Frankivsk Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA bishops Ukrainian emigrants to the United States American Christian monks