Peter L'Huillier

Peter (L'Huillier) (December 3, 1926 - November 19, 2007), born Paul L'Huillier in Paris, France, was a prominent scholar and the archbishop of the Orthodox Church in America's Diocese of New York and New Jersey.

Biography

Paul L'Huillier converted to Eastern Orthodoxy in 1945, while enrolled at St. Denys Institute in Paris. On August 30, 1954, he was tonsured as a monk, and took the name Peter. On September 4 and 5, 1954, he was ordained hierodeacon and hieromonk by Archbishop Boris, Exarch of the Russian Patriarchate in Europe. In 1960, Peter was elevated to the rank of archimandrite.cite web |url=http://jacwell.org/articles/Abp%20Peter%2030yrs.htm |title="Archbishop Peter Thirty Years!" |accessdate=2006-12-31 |date=Fall/Winter 1998/99 |publisher="Jacob's Well" |pages=pp. 4-6 ]

On September 12, 1968, Archimandrite Peter was consecrated Bishop of Chersonese (Patriarchal Exarchate in Western Europe). In 1979, Bishop Peter was invited to serve in the Orthodox Church in America by Metropolitan Theodosius (Lazor). Bishop Peter accepted, and was installed as Bishop of Brooklyn that year. Two years later, he succeeded Metropolitan Theodosius as Bishop of New York and New Jersey. In 1990, Bishop Peter was elevated to the rank of archbishop.

Subsequent to Abp. Peter's retirement in 2005, the Diocese of New York and New Jersey was combined with the Diocese of Washington (D.C.) to create the Diocese of Washington and New York.

Both during his episcopate and subsequent to his retirement, Abp. Peter taught canon law at Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary.

The Archbishop died in Bronxville, New York on November 19, 2007. He was buried at St. Tikhon's Monastery in South Canaan, Pennsylvania.cite web |url=http://www.oca.org/News.asp?ID=1384&SID=19|title=Obituary of Archbishop Peter at OCA website |accessdate=2007-11-20]

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