Hilarion (Kapral)

Hilarion (Kapral)
Metropolitan Hilarion (left) meeting Patriarch Cyril in Moscow, September 30, 2010

Metropolitan Hilarion (born Igor Alexeyevich Kapral, Russian: Игорь Алексеевич Капрал; January 6, 1948, Spirit River, Alberta, Canada) — bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR), Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York, First-Hierarch of ROCOR (since 18 May 2008); he is the first in its history First-Hierarch of ROCOR, approved by the Holy Synod of the Moscow Patriarchate. He also remains the ruling bishop of the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand.

On May 17, 2007 (the signing of the Act of Canonical Communion between the ROCOR and the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) he became a part of the episcopate of the latter.

Name Day - October 21 by Julian calendar (St. Hilarion of Pechera).

Biography

On December 10, 1984 Fr Hilarion was consecrated a bishop by Metropolitan of New York Philaret (Voznesensky) and nine other bishops and was appointed to the see of Manhattan, charged with overseeing the parishes in Pennsylvania and served as deputy secretary for the Synod of Bishops.

In 1995, Bishop Hilarion was transferred to the See of Washington while retaining his residence in New York.

On June 20, 1996, recognising his pastoral gifts, he was transferred to the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (which was experiencing problems at that stage) and raised to the rank of archbishop.

In 2003 he was awarded the honour of wearing a diamond cross on his klobuk.

Upon Metropolitan Laurus's death Archibishop Hilarion was appointed as the temporary head of the ROCOR Synod.

On May 12, 2008, Archbishop Hilarion was elected and elevated as the new First-hierarch of ROCOR, having received 9 votes of 11.[1] On May 14 of that year, he was approved by the Holy Synod of the Moscow Patriarchate to the post of Primate and elevated to the rank of metropolitan. On May 18 he was enthroned in New York.[2][3]

On the December 10, 2008 he was appointed a member of the Preparatory Commission for the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church.[4]

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