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His Eminence the Most Reverend Archbishop '''Vsevolod (Maidansky) of Scopelos''' was an a [[auxiliary titular bishop]] of the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA]] ([[Ecumenical Patriarchate]]) serving in the United States. He was the presiding bishop of the Western [[Diocese]] of the Church, headquartered in Chicago Illinois.
[[Archbishop]] Vsevolod was consecrated to the episcopacy on [[September 27]], 1987, as primate of the body known as the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church of America]], which included those [[parish]]es of Ukrainian heritage in the United States under the authority of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. In 1997, when the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA]] came under the [[omophorion]] of the Patriarchate as well, the two bodies merged and Bp. Vsevolod moved to Chicago to assume authority of parishes in the western part of the country. When the two churches joined, Abp. Vsevolod was elevated to the rank of archbishop, and on [[April 14]], 2000, the [[Holy Synod]] of Constantinople officially elevated Bp. Vsevolod to that rank.
