Metropolitan Ireney (Bekish)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Metropolitan_Ireney_(Bekish)
GPTKB entity
Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:bishop
gptkbp:autocephalyGrantedBy gptkb:Russian_Orthodox_Church
1970
gptkbp:birthDate October 2, 1892
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Ivan_Dmitriyevich_Bekish
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:St._Tikhon's_Monastery,_South_Canaan,_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:consecrationDate November 27, 1952
gptkbp:deathDate March 18, 1981
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Metropolitan Ireney (Bekish)
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableEvent led the Orthodox Church in America during its autocephaly
gptkbp:ordinationDate March 25, 1934
gptkbp:organization gptkb:Orthodox_Church_in_America
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Mezhirech,_Grodno_Governorate,_Russian_Empire
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Syosset,_New_York,_United_States
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Metropolitan_of_All_America_and_Canada
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Metropolitan_Leonty_(Turkevich)
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Eastern_Orthodoxy
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Metropolitan_Theodosius_(Lazor)
gptkbp:termEnd 1977
gptkbp:termStart 1965
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Metropolitan_Herman_(Swaiko)
gptkb:Metropolitan_Theodosius_(Lazor)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6