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The American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese was established in 1938 by His All-Holiness, the late Benjamin I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, under the Patriarchal Seal in the official Patriarchal Document listed under Protocol No. 1379 and dated September 19, 1938, and was canonized in the name of the Holy Orthodox Church of Christ. The Diocese was incorporated in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1950.
Metropolitan: His Eminence, the Most Reverend Metropolitan Nicholas, Titular Metropolitan of Amissos, was born on February 23, 1936. He was elected Bishop by the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on March 13, 1983.
Metropolitan Nicholas was enthroned in Christ the Saviour Cathedral, Johnstown, PA on Bright Friday, April 19, 1985. He was elected Metropolitan by the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on November 24, 1997.
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