Current Hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church

(In order of seniority)
His Eminence Vissarion
Archbishop of Ovruchsk and Korostena
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: November 23, 2000
Date of Consecration: August 24, 1992
Date of Election: 1992
Date of Monastic Tonsure: April 1, 1983
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Pitirim
Archbishop of Nikolaevsk and Voznesensk
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: November 23, 2000
Date of Consecration: August 26, 1992
Date of Election: 1992
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Avgustin
Archbishop of Lvov and Galicia
Date of Consecration: September 20, 1992
Date of Monastic Tonsure: September 20, 1992
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Veniamin
Archbishop of Vladivostok and Primore
Date of Consecration: September 21, 1992
Date of Election: 1992
Date of Monastic Tonsure: September 13, 1992
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Iona
Archbishop of Astrakhan and Enotaev
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 25, 2002
Date of Consecration: October 25, 1992
Date of Elecration: 1992
Date of Consecration: September 21, 1965
Name Day: June 28
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence German
Archbishop of Kursk and Rylsk
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 25, 2000
Date of Consecration: March 28, 1993
Date of Election: 1993
Date of Monastic Tonsure: March 8, 1984
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Ioann
Archbishop of Belgorod and Starooskolsk
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 18, 1999
Date of Consecration: April 4, 1993
Date of Election: 1993
Date of Monastic Tonsure: March 30, 1990
Name Day: June 23
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Maksimilian
Archbishop of Vologoda and Velikoustyug
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 24, 2004
Date of Consecration: April 10, 1993
Date of Election: 1993
Date of Monastic Tonsure: October 26, 1984
Name Day: November 4
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Panteleimon
Archbishop of Maikop and Adygei
Date of Consecration: May 2, 1993
Date of Election: 1993
Name Day: August 9
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Ioann
Archbishop of Ioshkar-Olinsk and Mariisk
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 29, 2004
Date of Consecration: July 25, 1993
Date of Election: 1993
Date of Monastic Tonsure: April 23, 1989
Name Day: May 21
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Simon
Archbishop of Murmansk and Monchegorsk
Date of Consecration: October 3, 1993
Date of Election: 1993
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Anatolii
Archbishop of Sarnensk and Polessk
Date of Consecration: October 28, 1993
Date of Election: 1993
Date of Monastic Tonsure: 1992
Name Day: July 16
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Rostislav
Archbishop of Tomsk and Asinov
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 29, 2004
Date of Consecration: November 28, 1993
Date of Election: 1993
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Evgenii
Archbishop of Vereisk
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 25, 2000
Date of Consecration: April 16, 1994
Date of Election: 1994
Date of Monastic Tonsure: August 27, 1986
Name Day: March 20
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Aleksii
Archbishop of Orekhovo-Zuevsk
Date of Consecration: August 19, 1995
Date of Monastic Tonsure: March 25, 1979
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Mark
Archbishop of Khabarovsk and Priamura
Date of Consecration: September 3, 1995
Date of Election: July 16, 1995
Name Day: January 17
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Simeon
Archbishop of Vladimir-Volyna and Kovel
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: May 14, 2002
Date of Consecration: May 4, 1996
Date of Election: 1996
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Ioann
Archbishop of Kherson and Tavricheskii
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: November 22, 2000
Date of Consecration: December 13, 1996
Date of Election: 1996
Date of Monastic Tonsure: December 31, 1993
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Pavel
Archbishop of Vyshgorod
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: July 9, 2003
Date of Consecration: April 19, 1997
Date of Election: 1997
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Kirill
Archbishop of Yaroslavl and Rostov
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 25, 2003
Date of Consecration: March 15, 1998
Date of Election: 1998
Date of Monastic Tonsure: October 25, 1980
Name Day: June 22
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Mitrofan
Archbishop of Pereyaslav and Khmelnitsy
Date of Consecration: July 9, 2003
Date of Consecration: July 30, 2000
Date of Election: 2000
Date of Monastic Tonsure: August 21, 1990
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Feofan
Archbishop of Stavropol' and Vladikavkaz
Date of Consecration: November 26, 2000
Date of Monastic Tonsure: December 19, 1973
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Eminence Georgii
Archbishop of Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas
Date of Elevation to Archbishop: February 24, 2006
Date of Consecration: February 2, 2003
Date of Monastic Tonsure: December 22, 1989
Date of Consecration: May 6
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Grace Petr
Bishop of Drutskii,
Vicar of the Diocese of Vitebsk
Date of Consecration: July 24, 1992
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Grace Panteleimon
Bishop of Kirovograd and Alexandriya
Date of Consecration: July 25, 1992
Date of Election: 1992
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Grace Feodor
Bishop of Kamenets-Podol'e and Gorodok
Date of Consecration: August 5, 1992
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Grace Ippolit
Bishop of Khust and Vinogradov
Date of Consecration: August 16, 1992
Date of Election: 1992
Date of Monastic Tonsure: 1988
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Grace Gurii
Bishop of Magadan and Sinegorsk
Date of Consecration: January 14, 1993
Date of Monastic Tonsure: October 5, 1985
Name Day: October 17
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Grace Mikhail
Bishop of Kurgan and Shadrinsk
Date of Consecration: April 3, 1993
Date of Election: 1993
Date of Monastic Tonsure: March 30, 1978
Name Day: November 21
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Grace Gurii
Bishop of Zhitomir and Novograd-Volyna
Date of Consecration: July 31, 1994
Date of Election: 1994
Date of Monastic Tonsure: July 2, 1990
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Grace Serafim
Bishop of Belotserkov and Boguslav
Date of Consecration: August 1, 1994
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Grace Innokentii
Bishop of Konotop and Glukhov
Date of Consecration: October 5, 1994
Date of Election: 1994
Date of Monastic Tonsure: March 25, 1979
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Grace Yustinian
Bishop of Tiraspol and Dubossarsk,
Vicar of the Diocese of Kishinev
Date of Consecration: September 1, 1995
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Grace Savva
Bishop of Krasnogorsk,
Vicar of the Diocese of Moscow
Date of Consecration: September 12, 1995
Name Day : February 1
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Grace Pitirim
Bishop of Sytyvkar and Vorkutinsk
Date of Consecration: December 19, 1995
Date of Election: 1995
Name Day: February 11
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Grace Tikhon
Bishop of Arkhangelsk and Kholmogorsk
Date of Consecration: February 14, 1996
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
His Grace Artemii
Bishop of Grodnen and Volkovyssk
Date of Consecration: February 4, 1996
Date of Monastic Tonsure: January 3, 1996
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
 
His Grace Nikon
Bishop of Lipetsk and Eletsk
Date of Consecration: March 31, 1996
Date of Monastic Tonsure: March 21, 1980
Name Day: April 5
Biography
Encyclicals and Pastoral Letters
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