Orthodox Hierarchs

Patriarchate of Moscow

Gregory Borishkevich

Григорий

Archbishop of Chicago, Detroit and the Midwest · 1889–1957

Born Georgii Ivanovich Borishkevich (Георгий Иванович Боришкевич)

Life

Born
18 April 1889
Ordained deacon
30 January 1916
Ordained priest
2 February 1916
Monastic tonsure
18 March 1943
Consecrated bishop
24 October 1943
Made archbishop
1952
Died
26 October 1957

Sees

  1. 24 October 1943 – 1946

    Bishop of Homieĺ and Mazyr

    Belorussian Autonomous Orthodox Church

  2. 1946 – 1947

    Bishop of Bamberg

    Vicar of Berlin · Patriarchate of Moscow

  3. 1947 – 1952

    Bishop of Montréal and Eastern Canada

    Patriarchate of Moscow

  4. 1952 – 1954

    Archbishop of Montréal and Eastern Canada

    Patriarchate of Moscow

  5. 1954 – 1957

    Archbishop of Chicago and Cleveland

    Patriarchate of Moscow

  6. 1957 – 26 October 1957

    Archbishop of Chicago, Detroit and the Midwest

    Patriarchate of Moscow

Consecration

Consecrated 24 October 1943 by:

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 1 generation back to Anastasii Gribanovskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

  1. Gregory Borishkevich Archbishop of Chicago, Detroit and the Midwest consecrated 24 October 1943
  2. Anastasii Gribanovskii Former Metropolitan of Chișinău and Hotin, 1873–1965 consecrated 29 June 1906

Sources

Also in: Wikidata

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