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Metropolitan Paul (, , secular name Georgiy Vasilevich Ponomaryov, ; born 19 February 1951 in Karaganda) — Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan of Krutitsy and Kolomna, Patriarchal Vicar of the Moscow Metropolitanate, and Permanent Member of the Holy Synod since April 15, 2021.
In 1973–1976, he attended the Moscow Theological Seminary. In 1980 he graduated from the Moscow Theological Academy with a degree in theology.
On 19 February 1992 by the decision of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church he was appointed Bishop of Zaraisk and was put in charge of the patriarchal parishes in the United States and in Canada.
29 December 1999 he was appointed Bishop of Vienna and Austria. Since 2000 he was also ruler of the Diocese of Budapest and Hungary.
23 February 2001 he was elevated to the rank of Archbishop.
7 May 2003 he was appointed Archbishop of Ryazan and Kasimov.
He became Exarch in December 2013 after the former Exarch, Philaret (Vakhromeyev), stepped down..
Metropolitan Paul was assigned to the Krasnodar and Kuban Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church effective August 26, 2020.
Categories: Living People, 1951 Births, Clergy From Minsk, Bishops Of The Belarusian Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox Christians From Belarus, People From Karaganda, Russian Orthodoxy In The United States, Eastern Orthodoxy In Austria, Eastern Orthodoxy In Hungary, Moscow Theological Academy Alumni
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