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Vitalīĭ, Metropolitan, 1910-2006

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Personal name headingVitalīĭ, Metropolitan, 1910-2006
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Variant(s)Vitaly, archimandrite, 1910-2006
Ustinov, Rostislav Petrovich, 1910-2006
Associated countrySlovakia
Birth date1910
Death date2006
Place of birthSaint Petersburg (Russia)
Place of deathMansonville (Potton, Québec)
AffiliationRusskai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ zagranit︠s︡eĭ
Profession or occupationBishops
Found inSbornik (London, England), vesna 1948: p. 20 (Archimandrite Vitaly)
Pravoslavnoe obozri︠e︡nīe, no. 22 (1954): p. 47 (Ep. Vitalīĭ); no. 40 (1969): p. 30 (Arkhīep. Vitalīĭ)
Pravoslavnye svi︠a︡shchennosluzhiteli..., 2007: p. 131-132 (Vitaliĭ (Ustinov Rostislav Petrovich, b. St. Petersburg, Russia 1910, d. Mansonville, Canada 2006), mitropolit. Emigrated to Europe as a child, in 1938 joined monastery in Ladomirová, Slovakia, under jurisdiction of Russian Church Abroad, worked with prisoners of war and refugees in Germany 1945-1946, served in London 1947-1951, Bishop of Montevideo and vicar of Brazilian diocese 1951-1956, Bishop of Edmonton and head of Western Canadian diocese 1956-1959, Archbishop of Montreal and Canada 1960-1985, Metropolitan in charge of Eastern American and Canadian dioceses 1986-2001, refused to retire in 2001 and until his death headed separate Russian Orthodox Church in Exile based in Mansonville)
Posledniĭ pervoierarkh RPT︠S︡Z Blazhenneĭshiĭ Mitropolit Vitaliĭ (Ustinov), 2014: title page (
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