Paul (Pavlov) of Sydney

Archbishop Paul (Pavlov)
Rank	Archbishop
Title	Archbishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand
Church	Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
In office	1980–1992
Predecessor	Theodosius (Putilin)
Successor	Daniel (Alexandrow)
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Stuttgart and South Germany (1967–1980)
Birth name	Mikhail Alexandrovich Pavlov
Born	November 16 (November 3, Old Style), 1927, Warsaw, Poland
Ordained deacon	September 10, 1949
Ordained priest	January 6, 1952
Monastic tonsure	1947
Consecrated	July 16, 1967, as Bishop of Stuttgart
Enthroned
Reposed	February 15, 1995, Holy Dormition Convent, Nanuet, New York
Buried

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His Eminence the Most Reverend Archbishop Paul (Pavlov) was the Archbishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia during the later decades of the twentieth century.

Timeline

• 1927 Nov 16: Born Mikhail Alexandrovich Pavlov in Warsaw, Poland, to a family of Russian émigrés.
• 1945: With his mother, ended up in a displaced persons camp at Fischbek, near Hamburg, Germany, where he joined the small monastic community of Archimandrite Vitaly (Ustinov).
• 1947: Tonsured a rassophore monk by Archim. Vitaly, with the name Paul, after St. Paul the Simple.
• 1949 Sep 10: Ordained a hierodeacon in Paris by Metropolitan Anastassy (Gribanovsky), First Hierarch of ROCOR.
• 1951 Aug 23: Arrived in Brazil with the monastic community and Bishop Vitaly.
• 1952 Jan 6: Ordained a hieromonk in Brazil, and sent to serve small Orthodox communities there.
• 1957 Mar: Moved with the brotherhood to Canada, where he worked on publishing Orthodox literature.
• 1958: Raised to the rank of hegumen.
• 1966: Raised to the rank of archimandrite.
• 1967 Jul 16: Consecrated Bishop of Stuttgart, vicar of the German diocese, with his residence in Munich.
• 1971 Sep 14: Given the title Bishop of Stuttgart and South Germany.
• 1975: Tonsured Michael Arndt with the name Mark, and ordained him to the diaconate and priesthood. Fr Mark would become his successor as Bishop of Berlin and All Germany
• 1976: First visit to Australia, standing in for Archbishop Theodosius in Sydney while he rested in Perth.
• 1980: Repose of Archbishop Theodosius of Sydney. Bishop Paul conducts the funeral service. Late in 1980 he was appointed ruling bishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand.
• 1981 Jan 30: Arrival in Australia to head diocese.
• During the tenure of Archbishop Paul of Sydney, the following structures were built:

• Church and residence, at the Our Lady of Kazan Convent, Kentlyn, NSW.
• Monastery of the Holy Transfiguration, Bombala, NSW.
• St. John the Baptist Cathedral, Canberra, ACT, consecrated in 1988.
• Church of Our Lady's Dormition, Dandenong, Victoria.
• Church of Ss Peter and Paul, Perth, WA.
• School building on grounds of Cathedral of Ss Peter and Paul, Sydney.

• 1991 Jun 8: Suffered a stroke at his residence in Croydon, Sydney; beginning of fatal illness.
• 1992 Mar 18: The Synod of Bishops granted him sick leave, and appointed Bishop Daniel of Erie to administer the diocese.
• 1992 Nov: Left Australia, went to Holy Dormition Convent "Novo-Diveevo"
• 1995 Feb 15: Reposed. Funeral service conducted by Bishop Hilarion of Manhattan and Bishop John (Legky) of Rockland. Buried in the Russian cemetery at Novo-Diveevo.

Succession box: Paul (Pavlov) of Sydney
Preceded by: Athanasy (Martos)	Bishop of Stuttgart and South Germany (ROCOR) 1968-1980	Succeeded by: Mark (Arndt)
Preceded by: Theodosius (Putilin)	Archbishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR) 1980-1992	Succeeded by: Daniel (Alexandrow)

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External link

• Tenth Anniversary of the Repose of Archbishop Paul