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== Life ==
Metropolitan Vitaly, born Rostislav Petrovich Oustinow (Ростислав Петрович Устинов) in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1910, was the son of an officer of the Black Sea Fleet, Peter Oustinow, and Lydia Andreevna, née Stopchansky, daughter of a gendarme general who served his whole life in the Caucasus.
In 1920, during the Civil War, Rostislav was sent to the military school founded in Feodosia by General Wrangel. When he joined the White Army and evacuated, the young Rostislav found himself in Constantinople. From there he traveled to Yugoslavia, where he studied in the Cadet Corps of the White Army.
From 1947 to 1951, Archimandrite Vitaly was the [[rector]] of the London [[parish]]. In 1951, on the [[feast day]] of Ss [[Apostle Peter|Peter]] and [[Apostle Paul|Paul]], he was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] [[bishop]] and sent to Brazil as Bishop of Montevideo. Soon the young bishop opened his own print shop and established a small orphanage for boys where they taught them the [[daily cycle]] of services.
In 1954, Bp. Vitaly moved to Canada where he was appointed of as the Bishop of Edmonton and Western Canada. In 1957, he was appointed Bishop of Montreal and Canada. As Bishop of Montreal, Bp. Vitaly established a [[skete]] in Mansonville, Quebec. While in MontealMontreal, Bp. Vitaly acquired and refurbished the large St Nicholas Cathedral that was not far from the Synodal [[podvorie]].
In retrospect there was no place where Bp. Vitaly settled that he did not organize a small monastic brotherhood and active publishing concern.
{{succession|
before=''[[see]] created''|
title=Bishop of Montevideo<br>([[ROCOR]])|
years=1951-1954|
after=''see dissolved''}}
{{succession|
before=''see created''[[Athanasy (Martos) of Buenos Aires|Athanasy (Martos)]]|title=Bishop of Edmonton and Western Canada<br>([[ROCOR]])|
years=1954-1957|
after=[[Sava (SarachevichSaračević) of Edmonton|Sava (SarachevichSaračević)]]}}
{{succession|
before=[[Panteleimon (Rudyk) of Montreal|Panteleimon (Rudyk)]]|
title=Archbishop of Montreal and Canada<br>([[ROCOR]])|
years=1957-1986|
after=[[Gabriel (Chemodakov) of Manhattan|Gabriel (Chemodakov)]]}}
{{succession|
before=[[Philaret (Voznesensky) of New York|Philaret (Voznesensky)]]|
title=Metropolitan of [[Diocese of Eastern American and New York (ROCOR)|Eastern America and New York]]<br>([[ROCOR]])|
years=1986-2001|
after=[[Laurus (Škurla) of New York|Laurus (Škurla)]]}}
{{succession|
before=[[Philaret (Voznesensky) of New York|Philaret (Voznesensky)]]|
title=First Hierarch of ROCOR|
years=1986-2001|
after=[[Laurus (SkurlaŠkurla) of New York|Laurus (SkurlaŠkurla)]]}}
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[[Category:Bishops of Montreal]]
[[Category:Bishops of New York]]
[[Category:20th-21st-century bishops]]
[[Category:First Hierarchs of the ROCOR]]
