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The 17th All-American Council was held for just one day, Tuesday, [[November 13]], 2012 (the Feast of Saint John Chrysostom), at the Holy Trinity Church, Parma, Ohio. It was attended by 11 Hierarchs, 295 Clergy Delegates, 284 Lay Delegates for 590 eligible to vote. Also, there were 7 Retired Clergy and 66 Observers for a total of 663 people. The only order of business for this council was the election of a new primate of the Orthodox Church in America. No single candidate received the required two-thirds margin on the first ballot. On the second ballot, His Eminence, [[Tikhon (Mollard) of Washington|Archbishop Tikhon of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania]] and His Grace, [[Michael (Dahulich) of New York|Bishop Michael of New York and New Jersey]], received 317 and 355 votes respectively. The members of the [[Holy Synod]] retired into the altar where they elected Archbishop Tikhon.

On the first ballot, the two leading candidates were Bishop Michael 205, Archbishop Tikhon 118. Also receiving first ballot votes were, [[Melchisedek (Pleska) of Pittsburgh|Bishop Melchizedek]] 9694, [[Nathaniel (Popp) of Detroit|Archbishop Nathaniel]] 49, [[Benjamin (Peterson) of San Francisco|]Archbishop Benjamin]] 23, [[Basil (Essey) of Wichita|Bishop Basil (Essey) ]] 17, [[Jonah (Paffhausen) of Washington|Metropolitan Jonah]] 17, [[Nikon (Liolin) of Boston|Archbishop Nikon]] 13, [[Mark (ForsbergMaymon) of BostonBaltimore|Bishop Mark(Maymon)]] 910, [[Alexander (Golitzin) of Toledo|Bishop Alexander]] 8, [[Irénée (Rochon) of Quebec City|Bishop Irénée]] 5, Abbot Gerasim 3, [[Matthias (Moriak) of Chicago|Bishop Matthias]] 3, Fr. Alexander Pihach 3, Fr. David Mahaffey 3, [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Metropolitan Hilarion (ROCOR)]] 3, Archbishop Alejo 2, Abbot Sergius 1, [[Irineu Matthias (DuvleaMoriak) of Dearborn HeightsChicago|Bishop IreneiuMatthias]] 13, Archimandrite Alexander (Pihach) 3, Hieromonk [[Seraphim David (SigristMahaffey) of Sendai|Bishop Seraphim (Sigrist)David Mahaffey]] 13, Fr. Patrick Carpenter 1, Hieromonk Herman 1, Igumen Vladimir Wendling 1, and Metropolitan Philip 1. There were 6 invalid ballots , for a total of 590 votes. On the second ballot: Bishop Michael 355, Archbishop Tikhon 317, Bishop Melchizedek 161, Archbishop Nathaniel 81, Bishop Mark 28, Archbishop Benjamin 23, Archbishop Nikon 23, Bishop Basil [[Alejo (EsseyPacheco y Vera) 22, Bishop Alexander 20, Metropolitan Jonah 17, Bishop Irénée 15, Metropolitan Hilarion (ROCOR) 14, Bishop Matthias 9, of Mexico City|Archbishop Alejo 8]] 2, Abbot Igumen Gerasim 6, Bishop Irineu 5, Fr. Alexander Pihach 4, Fr. David Mahaffey 3, Fr. Gerasimos 3, Archimandrite Meletios (WebberEliel) 2, Brother Luke Dorrant 2, Fr. David Mezynski 2, [[Herman Philip (SwaikoSaliba) of Washington and New York|Metropolitan HermanPhilip]] 2, Monk Mark Savros 21, [[Kyrill Irineu (GundyayevDuvlea) of MoscowDearborn Heights|Patriarch KyrillBishop Ireneu]] 21, Archimandrite Christopher Calin 1. Archimandrite Pitirim [[Seraphim (StehnachSigrist) 1, of Sendai|Bishop Seraphim (Sigrist) ]] 1, Bishop Thomas Archimandrite Vladimir (AntiochianWendling) 1, Fr. Basil Summer Igumen Sergius (Bowyer) 1, Fr. David Brum 1, Fr. John Chudik Igumen 1, Fr. Juvenaly Repass 1, Fr. Patrick (Carpenter ) 1, Fr. Theodore Heckman Archpriest Paul Gassios 1, and Fr. Joseph Hoffman Hieromonk Herman (Majkrzak) 1. There were 3 7 invalid /blank ballots for a total of 590 votes.