John Purich

Life

Born

12 December 1954

Ordained deacon

1976

Ordained priest

October 1978

Consecrated bishop

April 2000

Made metropolitan

2002

Made archbishop

15 September 2003

Sees

1. April 2000 – 2002

   Bishop

   Belorussian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in America

2. 2002 – 15 September 2003

   Metropolitan

   Belorussian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in America

3. 15 September 2003 – present

   Archbishop of America, Europe and Canada

   Belorussian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in America

Consecration

Consecrated April 2000 by:

• Alexander Sologub Bishop, Primate of the Belorussian Orthodox Church in America, cons. 2000
• Damaskin Davidović Bishop, 1946–2017

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 13 generations back to Joseph Volchanskii; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. John Purich Archbishop of America, Europe and Canada consecrated April 2000
2. Damaskin Davidović Bishop, 1946–2017 consecrated 22 July 1990
3. Irinej Kovačević Metropolitan of New Gračanica, 1914–1998 consecrated 7 December 1963
4. Gregory Ogiychuk Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (Canonical), 1893–1985 consecrated 17 May 1942
5. Nikanor Abramovich Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Abroad, 1883–1969 consecrated 9 February 1942
6. Alexander Inozemtsev Metropolitan of Pinsk and Poliske, 1887–1948 consecrated 4 June 1922
7. George Yaroshevskii Metropolitan of Warsaw and Chełm, 1872–1923 consecrated 1 July 1906
8. Vladimir Bogoyavlenskii Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga, 1848–1918 consecrated 13 June 1888
9. Isidore Nikolskii Metropolitan of Novgorod, Saint Petersburg and Finland, 1799–1892 consecrated 11 November 1834
10. Filaret Drozdov Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1782–1867 consecrated 5 August 1817
11. Ambrose Podobedov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Saint Petersburg, 1742–1818 consecrated 5 June 1778
12. Gabriel Petrov-Shaposhnikov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Olonets, 1730–1801 consecrated 6 December 1763
13. Dimitrii Sechenov Metropolitan of Novgorod and Velikii Lutsk, 1709–1767 consecrated 14 September 1742
14. Joseph Volchanskii Archbishop of Moscow and Vladimir, d. 1745 consecrated 30 December 1735